FTP transfer of files with unknown size

Hallo,

Is it possible to transfer data of unknown size via FTP. I use a FIFO under
LINUX and would like to read it via FTP. Because the size of the FIFO is
zero, I always get an error message "no permission".

Is that a principal problem of FTP or only of my FTP server?

Regards,
Günter

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:37:21 +0200, Günter Wirth <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
> Hallo,
>
> Is it possible to transfer data of unknown size via FTP. I use a FIFO under
> LINUX and would like to read it via FTP. Because the size of the FIFO is
> zero, I always get an error message "no permission".
>
> Is that a principal problem of FTP or only of my FTP server?
>
> Regards,
> Günter
>
>

You could have the FIFO write to a file for a specified period, then FTP
that file while the next one was being created.

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Günter Wirth wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> Is it possible to transfer data of unknown size via FTP. I use a FIFO under
> LINUX and would like to read it via FTP. Because the size of the FIFO is
> zero, I always get an error message "no permission".
>
> Is that a principal problem of FTP or only of my FTP server?
>
> Regards,
> Günter
>
>
I believe that FTP at the start of a transaction sends a file size to
the client, so yeah, unknown file sizes are probably an issue for FTP
sessions. You may want to checkout a tool called netcat. It
effectively provides pipe accessability (among other things) to remote
hosts.

HTH
Neil

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