[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > I've hacked the ftp protocol so you can do "read/custom
> > ftp://ftp.rebol.com/test.txt [restart 10]", which starts downloading the
> > test.txt file, but skipping the first 10 bytes. It's only a very minor
> > hack too... the same thing could be done for http servers that support
> > restarting, but that might be a little more complex.
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> REBOL ftp protocol doesn't support above feature by default?
No, it uses a particular ftp command, which some ftp servers don't
support (if they're old).
I've also noticed that using the /part refinement with ftp, the whole
file is read, even if you only want a single byte -
Julian Kinraid
