how to get file size before downloading the file LWP::useragent

Question

Hi I wrote a script so I can automatically download from hotfile using LWP::useragent. I've managed to get the file to download properly. How do I get the file size of the file before downloading? I need this to display hot much of the file has been downloaded.

Answer 1

Here is a short snippet that does this.

http://www.bigprism.com/cgi-perl-snippets/get-file-size-over-http.html