Re: [ftpext] New Version of FTP HASH, RANG, LOCK, and HOST

Ángel González <keisial@gmail.com> Sun, 27 January 2013 17:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ftpext] New Version of FTP HASH, RANG, LOCK, and HOST
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Bruce Blackshaw wrote:
> Re LOCK, I think it would be useful to have an alternative to
> "boundary" called "size", that could provide the size of the raw data
> for binary transfers.  That might provide quite a performance
> advantage compared to having to search for the boundary.
>
> regards

Good point. I think it would be much more useful than the boundary method.
The value of such size parameter should be the amount of data sent on
the wire.