Method Name:
size
Method Signature:
size(filename)
Parameters:
filename:Name of the file
Return Value:
- Upon success, returns the file size in number of bytes.
- Upon failure, it returns None.
Overview:
- The method size(), returns the size of the file in number of bytes.
- The size() method, internally sends the FTP command SIZE appended by a space and the filename.
- Upon success, the server sends back a 213 message, with the size of the file in number of bytes, which is parsed and returned by the size() method.
- The size() method works for files; it does not work for directories.
Example:
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# Example Python Program to get the size of a file in the FTP server from ftplib import FTP
# Connect to the host ftp = FTP(host="speedtest.tele2.net"); print(ftp.getwelcome());
# Login to the FTP server loginRepsonse = ftp.login(); print(loginRepsonse);
# Get the size of a file fileName = "1KB.zip"; size = ftp.size(fileName); print("Size of the file %s is %s bytes"%(fileName, size));
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Output:
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220 (vsFTPd 3.0.3) 230 Login successful. Size of the file 1KB.zip is 1024 bytes |