On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Vicky Chan wrote:

> I performed FTP uploads and downloads and it seems as if uploads take a lot
> longer than downloads on the same 20MB file.
>
> I tried capturing the network data using WireShark and discovered that for
> upload, curl uploads the whole 20MB file. But for download, curl only
> downloads about 3.6MB.

You mean repeatedly, on all files you get, independently of FTP server or
network? That's very curious. What version on what OS would this be seen on?

> Does anyone have an idea why?

My first gut feeling is a funny server or similar. Simple FTP downloading has
been a stable feature of curl for quite some time.

> Does curl use any cache or some sort?

Not that sort at least.

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