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-rw-r--r--lib/ftp.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 639a063ea..21db56c8e 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -1790,8 +1790,20 @@ static CURLcode ftp_state_quote(struct connectdata *conn,
result = ftp_state_retr(conn, ftpc->known_filesize);
}
else {
- PPSENDF(&ftpc->pp, "SIZE %s", ftpc->file);
- state(conn, FTP_RETR_SIZE);
+ if(data->set.ignorecl) {
+ /* This code is to support download of growing files. It prevents
+ the state machine from requesting the file size from the
+ server. With an unknown file size the download continues until
+ the server terminates it, otherwise the client stops if the
+ received byte count exceeds the reported file size. Set option
+ CURLOPT_IGNORE_CONTENT_LENGTH to 1 to enable this behavior.*/
+ PPSENDF(&ftpc->pp, "RETR %s", ftpc->file);
+ state(conn, FTP_RETR);
+ }
+ else {
+ PPSENDF(&ftpc->pp, "SIZE %s", ftpc->file);
+ state(conn, FTP_RETR_SIZE);
+ }
}
}
break;