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What do FTP servers do when file send fails durring a file upload? Are partial files ever written? d

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29 Aug 2006 11:12 PM
Daniel
What do FTP servers do when file send fails durring a file upload? Are
partial files ever written? does ftp protocol cover this?

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8 Sep 2006 6:10 PM
Alun Jones [MS-MVP - Windows Security]
"Daniel" <softwareengineer98***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> What do FTP servers do when file send fails durring a file upload? Are
> partial files ever written? does ftp protocol cover this?


It depends on the server and its configuration.

These days, with the ability to resume an interrupted transfer, most FTP
servers will keep the partial file, so that you can add to it later.

Alun.
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