On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Stefan Rönisch <sroeni...@axway.com> wrote: > Hi, is there a change to distinguish an incomplete transfer and a complete > one on server side, generally? > <http://dict.leo.org/ende/index_de.html#/search=distinguish&searchLoc=0&resultOrder=basic&multiwordShowSingle=on>As > far as I know a ftp client opens the data channel for uploading a file > (passiv mode). > The ftp client signals the end of data transfer by closing the data channel. > But there is no check, if the file is complete!!! > > Some ftp clients like filezilla support to abort an active file transfer by > just closing the data channel. > > So there is no chance to distinguish an incomplete transfer and a complete > one on server side, am I right? > > For that reason you need an additional acknowledgment from the client. > For example the client could transfer a file with extentsion '.tmp' an > rename it, if it's transfered completely. > Right?
All correct. /niklas
