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hi, can anybody tell me how to retrieve the size of a file/data before actually downloading from server by using curl. thanx in advace....
  1. 04-25-2008 #1
    alexram
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    hi,

    can anybody tell me how to retrieve the size of a file/data before actually downloading from server by using curl.

    thanx in advace.
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    from the curl man page

    -I/--head
    (HTTP/FTP/FILE) Fetch the HTTP-header only! HTTP-servers feature
    the command HEAD which this uses to get nothing but the header
    of a document. When used on a FTP or FILE file, curl displays
    the file size and last modification time only.

    If this option is used twice, the second will again disable
    header only.
    Does that do what you need?

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