Alan Gutierrez wrote: > Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: >>> install a filesystem extension. >>> >> >> But you don't have to. I exchange large files (hundreds of MB, not 4 >> GB) on Dropbox all the time, but I've never installed their desktop >> software. It's only for convenience AFAIK. > > I think it is the other way around. Their getting started link says > "Download". They want you to get the download software. The HTTP upload > is for convenience. I'm offering this as an opinion. >
However you want to look at it, the point is that the HTTP upload option (or whatever the Flash side of the tool does) exists. > The OP wants to upload more than 4GB and I wouldn't trust HTTP to > transfer 4GB from a client to a server on a regular basis. There is no > way to resume a failed upload. I agree with you on that. > If the OP is building a web application, > they are going to have to find an alternative. If they are building an > application with a web front end, maybe they can use SFTP as a file > transfer client for large files, and the web UI to manage the files once > they have been uploaded. > > Basically, Qin Qin, you are right in noting that HTTP upload is only > good for reasonable sized uploads, whatever size reasonable is at the > time that you read this. (Images, documents, etc.) Yup. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
