During a FTP upload, the total size of the file is send?

Question

When you send a file by HTTP, web browsers send the total file size in the http header.

Do you think it\'s the same with the FTP protocole?

Martin

Answer 1

No, an FTP file transfer is treated as a stream of bytes that ends when the connection is closed normally. There is a new "SIZE" command for FTP defined in RFC3659, but this is a fairly recent addition that I would guess isn't seeing a lot of use.