From: Taras Koval <kovaltaras@...>
Date: 2007-07-09T17:31:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Get file size before download (noobish question)

Guest wrote:
> Hi,
>
> so the subject implies what i want to do, get the file size before
> downloading.  i've seen posts about downloading the header, so if
> possible, could someone give an example of this code???
>
> also, for files without a header, i tried using :content_length_proc
> within the open-uri class, but it would seem that the file is being
> downloaded, then tested for size (from the difference in time for
> running my code)
>
> so if someone has any ideas as to getting filesize of a file (mp3
> specifically) without a header... please help!
>
>   
That is not possible!