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Re: TidFTP no file size returned

Subject:Re: TidFTP no file size returned
Posted by:"Michael Fritz" (spam_athome@yahoo.de)
Date:Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:24:28

"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" wrote in message
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> Then the server does not support the SIZE command, or is sending back
> a malformed reply to it.
Can't believe this since, as mentioned in my initial posting, Internet
Explorer shows it up correctly. Using ICS as socket components and a basic
FTP client demo, it works, too, so it's definitely an issue with Indy.

> You should not be using Size() to differentiate between a file and a
> directory.  That is a very poor design choice.  You need to use the
> List() method with the DirectoryListing collection instead.  That will
> give you detailed information about items, including whether they are
> actually files or directories.
Funny, you wrote it's a poor design choice and I've downloaded this FTP
client demo from the Indy project, from the experts themselves! I guess
that the demo was donated to then :-)

> That has no effect on Size().  That only effects the DirectoryListing
> collection.
Thanks for clarification!

--
cu,
Michael

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