From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-09T22:32:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Get file size before download (noobish question)


On Jul 9, 2007, at 3:31 AM, Taras Koval wrote:

> 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!
>
If you can ask the system the file is stored on, you can get its file  
size.