FTP file size comparison

[ishtar]

This is the closest group to FTP that I could find. I have created
some web pages with numerous images and html files. There are about
20,000 files spread across numerous folders. The transfer took me a
bit over a day to complete and afterwards I found there were some
intermittent corrupt files that got transferred. To have me go through
each folder would take me hours. I would think an FTP client exists
that will look through each file and skip if the file size is identical
but if the file size is different the upload would take place. Can
anyone offer any guidance on any product that might exist which can
complete what I'm looking for here?

 

[Ronx]

One problem with comparing file sizes - if you are uploading to a Unix
server from a Windows server, the file sizes will usually be different
for ASCII files, the files on Unix will have fewer bytes, the number of
bytes corresponding to the number of lines of text in the file.

Assuming you are uploading to Unix, - what extensions were the files
that were corrupted? Are these extensions in the FTP clients list of
ASCII files (if they were text files)?

As for product recommendations, WS-FTP Home does NOT have this option.

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP - FrontPage]

I've always preferred FrontPage's http:// publishing for just this reason.
if you must use FTP, I'm a fan of FTP Voyager from www.rhinosoft.com but
it's a little expensive.

HTH

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[ishtar]

They are not text files. They are mostly jpg or wmv files used on my
family's web site. Some may be html files. I am uploading from a
Windows client to a LINUX server.

 

[Ronx]

html files are text files, and may change size on uploading.
The other files should not change file size, provided they have been
uploaded as binaries.
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[Andrew Murray]

HTML file are text files.....that is, they are plain ascii text.