On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:19:50 +0200 Reinier Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 06:20:58PM +0300, evgeny tsurkin wrote: : > : > Hi! : > The problem I have: : > I am fetchng big files from the web that are created on the fly. : > Befor actually fetching them I would like to know what is the size : > it is going to be. : > I am not sure that is possible ,but if it is - please be very clear : > i am new in using lwp. : > Thanks. : : Use your HEAD. : : (It comes with LWP!) : : The 'head' method only fetches the document headers; : one of them gives the document size. A basic doubt not related to LWP: If the thing that generates the document has no special code to address HEAD requests conveniently, is it guaranteed somewhere that you actually won't download the document? If yes, who is responsible of ensuring it? -- fxn
