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

TJ Saunders <tj@castaglia.org> Tue, 29 June 2010 16:55 UTC

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> Seems it would be clearer to support a simple command such as DSIZ.  
> Can be documented and understood very clearly, no complexity with the 
> requirement of multiple commands.

It's no more or less complex to add DSIZ than to use OPTS MLST, which 
already exists.  Adding a new DSIZ command brings up the question of the 
relation between the value returned for DSIZ, if any, and the reported 
MLSD/MLST size fact for a directory.  If they differ, what is the client 
implementation to make of it?

Cheers,
TJ

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