[sword-devel] ftptrans.h

[DM Smith]

The BAO module has about 175 images. Are these downloaded one by one? 
What happens if there is a failure on downloading, say, the 135th image? 
I would think that with an image rich module that there is no constraint 
on the number of images it might hold. Is there a good way to improve 
the reliability of the transfer of the entire module?

In Him,
    DM

Martin Gruner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a reason why
>
> 	int copyDirectory(const char *urlPrefix, const char *dir, const char *dest, 
> const char *suffix);
>
> in ftptrans.h is not virtual? This would allow frontends to reimlement on a 
> higher level than getURL only. The current implementation of copyDirectory 
> has the weakness that the counter for total data to be transferred increases 
> as new directories are found and transferred. You can see this with the BAO 
> module from Karl Kleinpaste, for example. The status reporter 'readjusts' 
> progress as it discovers the directory with the images, which holds the 
> actual data.
>
> Can we change the function definition above to make it virtual?
>
> God bless, 
>
> mg
>