At a previous job, we had a server that generated the downloadable file
when you issued the download command.

The FTP server in that case was not based on a filesystem, but instead
emulated one to the FTP client and got its data out of a database. The
data returned could also vary depending on what FTP command were sent
earlier (ie. if you issued the STRU R command for AS400 users, or asked
to have multiple files concatenated into one).

Our situation is a little unusual, though. In general, most normal
file-based FTP servers will report file size.

- Max

On Nov 25, 2003, at 11:36 am, zach diubaldo wrote:

> I am really sorry to keep asking you question. I mean you have been
> great and I really like cURL, its a great piece of software, very
> helpful. You mentioned that some servers will not know the file size.
> Do you know when and why that would be? Or just point me in the
> direction where I could do some research? Thanks once again, you have
> been very helpful.

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