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Anwar Shaikh
Anwar Shaikh

Reputation: 1671

Does Apache FTP client compress files while transfer?

I have problem where I need to transfer huge files from server to client through FTP which taking lot of time. We are currently using FTPClient available in apache.commons.net library.

So question is - Does FTPClient compress file while transfer? OR Is there any way I fasten the transfer?

Any pointers or related information would be of great help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2121

Answers (1)

nsteenv
nsteenv

Reputation: 314

Yes that's called Mode Z (or Compressed Transfer Mode).

FTPClient ftpClient = new FTPClient();
ftpClient.connect(server.getServer());
ftpClient.login(server.getUsername(), server.getPassword());
ftpClient.setFileType(FTP.BINARY_FILE_TYPE);
ftpClient.setFileTransferMode(FTP.COMPRESSED_TRANSFER_MODE);

You can also obviously compress the files on the server side then send them via standard FTP (it should be the same in the end).

Upvotes: 2

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