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FTP does have some support for partial. One can request a specific start point in the file


Have you ever tried resuming a failed download using that feature though? Support for it is so bad that it's usually quicker to just redownload the whole file from scratch.


I have actually, at work I made a tool which has a SQL server backup/compress into a folder which I then download via FTP to restore on another server. I was having connection issues so I made the downloader reconnect/resume on disconnnect, fixing the issue




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