[Tutor] FTP File Size

[Tim Johnson]

Hello:

* J=F6rg W=F6lke <lumbricus@gmx.net> [020317 10:39]:
> > Hello :
> >     Using python 2.1 on RH 7.2 and win98.
> >     I am finding that the ftp.size() command appears
> >     to be returning a size for a file at a remote ftp site
> >     consistanty larger than is actual.
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> How much larger?

  Just a few percent larger.

> What kind of ftp server?

  Must ask domain hoster, but my guess is wu_ftpd, or FtpPro on
  RH linux. The clients I'm using (Midnight Commander and IglooFTP)
  are reporting correctly, I believe.

> If its open source, how does it determine the size?
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   I'm using an object that inherits FTP from ftplib.=20
   =3D> using the "original" (not overloaded) 'size' method.
   I can send entire source if necessary.
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> >     What I have seen of RFC959 makes no mention of SIZE command,
> >     and I see documentation in the standard distribution ftplib
> >     as follows:
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> >         " Note that the RFC doesn't say anything about 'SIZE'"
> >         =3D=3D> line 454
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> "http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/ftp-objects.html":
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> | size(filename)
> | Request the size of the file named filename on the server.=20
> | On success, the size of the file is returned as an integer,=20
> | otherwise None is  returned. Note that the "SIZE" command=20
> | is not standardized, but is supported by many common server
> | implementations.
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> >     Can someone perhaps comment on this?
> >     Are others seeing the same results?
> >     Or am I doing something wrong.
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> >     TIA
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> HTH, HAND and
> Greetings, J"o!
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  And thank you very much. :-)

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