Hello,

usef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
> 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.

Try making a HEAD request - that should return
file size and last modification date. This
obviously will not work for CGI URLs.

HTH,
Thomas

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