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[PatRat] Re: asyncHTTP vs IE file differences

• Posted by "Kat" <gertie at visionsix.com> Jul 08, 2004
• 544 views

On 8 Jul 2004, at 6:39, irv mullins wrote:

> 
> 
> posted by: irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>
> 
> Kat wrote:
> > 
> > I downloaded a file from the internet twice, once in IE, once in 
> > asyncHTTP.ew, and got different filesizes, even tho they display the same,,
> > or
> > at least look like the same to my two biological eyes. I saved both files to
> > disk, and went to Textpad, and ran a file compare, and got this:
> > 
> > -------
> > Compare: (<)U:\asynctest.jpg (1305697 bytes)
> >    with: (>)C:\goods_hstacs_f1.jpg (1305709 bytes)
> > 
> > The files are identical
> > ------
> > 
> > But they are plainly different sizes! 
> > I then saved to the same folder, with names asynctest1.jpg and 
> > asynctest2.jpg (to get the filename lengths the same), and the same 
> > compare results, same file lengths. It looks to me like asyncHTTP.ew lost 12
> > bytes, but i don't know where, or if they are important, or IE added 12
> > bytes,
> > or what? The file is at <a
> >
> > href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0306/goods_hstacs_f1.jpg">http://
> > antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0306/goods_hstacs_f1.jpg</a>
> 
> Looks like asyncHTTP.ew lost bytes. 
> The file as downloaded by Firefox is 1305709 bytes.

PatRat, is this a bug, or a feature, or ?

Kat