[lug] ftp problem

[Gary Hodges]

For another test I tried uploading ten uncompressed tar files and four 
came in without problems.  Tar archives are sequential, right?  I think 
it is strange that files are randomly missing from the tar archives.  If 
the transfer didn't finish, wouldn't the files be missing from the end?  
I'll play with the size verification code below and the md5 suggestion 
too...

Gary

Ron Wright wrote:

>Also, at ftp time you can verify the size on both ends.  Use:
>   $localsize = (stat($filename))[7];
>   $remotesize = $ftp->size($filename);
>
>
>On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 12:05:06 -0700, Daniel Webb <lists at danielwebb.us> wrote:
>  
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>>On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 10:36:11AM -0700, Gary Hodges wrote:
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>>>Is it possible the firewall is stripping files out of the tar archive or
>>>should we look somewhere else?
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>>My guess is that the missing files are at the end of the archive, and
>>the archives are sometimes not getting through completely.  Maybe add
>>something to your script to send along an md5 hash to make sure the
>>received file is the same as the sent file.  The last place I would
>>suspect would be that a firewall is set up to examine and filter .tar.gz
>>files...
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