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Workaround FTP servers reporting the wrong file size
As reported by @makunterry, the SIZE
command is returning an incorrect value.
Example session
$ axel ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/src/unzip60.tgz
Initializing download: ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/src/unzip60.tgz
File size: 1377715 bytes
Opening output file unzip60.tgz
Starting download
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Related-to: https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/issues/209