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From: curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Daniel Stenberg
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 2:32 PM
To: libcurl development
Subject: Re: General direction, ftp vs html file upload and/or downloads

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007, Max L. Eidswick wrote:

> We can use either ftp or html using your libcurl for uploads and downloads.

>I figure you mean FTP or HTTP...

Yup, a protocol not a language :-), thanks for the quick reply

> Can you advise which you recommend? We are breaking all client upload files
> to 1MB, which we can make smaller or larger if that is a factor. We
> assemble the source file at the host.

>In libcurl's end there really not much difference, but I think you'll face
less problems with HTTP simply due to the dual-connection nature of FTP.

OK, thanks for the input. Do you have a feeling if either is more efficient and/or faster than the other?

Also, is there a 'better' file transfer size' that HTTP can deal with more efficiently? I can make the chunk files any size.

Max
Received on 2007-12-15