Hi David, in you previous post you stated:
> There's no way to know (at the server side) if the file has been > transferred correctly. When the data connection is closed, > the server thinks the file transfer finished correctly > but this must not be the case. This is something of the utmost importance for FTP in general and FTP used in a business context in particular: can you expand a bit on that? Is this stemming from a limitation of the FTP wire-format as described in RFCs (e.g. no reliable file size provided by the client upfront)? If so: do you know of FTP clients that "play ball" with the server and severe the data connection is a way that surfaces as an error on the server (which can then use this condition as an indication of likely file truncation)? Cheers, F.
