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Re: FTP of growing files?

From: Tor Arntsen <kspt.tor_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 09:29:55 +0100

On 2 March 2015 at 09:20, Kurt Fankhauser <kurtbutfrank_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> In my application the file is needed by
> the client while it is being written on the server due to timing
> constraints. We are talking very large files here as well, so waiting for
> the complete file on the server side is not an option.

I'm familiar with that kind of constraint, at work we do near-realtime
distribution of huge data files. But FTP is not optimal for this, are
you lmiited to FTP only? Because with HTTP, for example, it's pretty
easy to handle.

-Tor
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