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Re: [ftpext] Expired FTP ID review: draft-peterson-streamlined-ftp-command-extensions-06

"Mark P. Peterson" <mpp@rhinosoft.com> Mon, 28 June 2010 22:44 UTC

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The problem with that is this can be a very lengthy operation.  With a separate
command one already knows it's going to be lengthy.

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Subject: Re: [ftpext] Expired FTP ID review: draft-peterson-streamlined-ftp-command-extensions-06


> Directory Size (DSIZ)
> 
>    The FTP command DIRECTORY SIZE (DSIZ) returns the number of octets
>    (8-bit bytes) on the remote file system occupied by a given directory
>    and its contents.

A different way of providing this information, rather than creating a new 
FTP command, is use the size fact for a directory file in an MLST/MLSD 
response.

Cheers,
TJ

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