usef wrote: > Hi, > Is there any way to get the size of a file without downloading it? > I want to write a program using LWP to download a file only > if it is bigger > than 3K but smaller than 500K. > So I need to know the file size in the first place.
You issue a HEAD request to the server and look at the Content-Length response header. You can use the LWP::Simple module's "head" method to get this information easily. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
