> Thus wrote Roland,
>
>> Hello Group,
>>
>> i want to get the file size of some files located on a webserver,
>> therefore i create a WebRequest with the URI of the file and then a
>> WebResponse on the WebRequest to get the ContentLength:
>>
>> WebRequest webRequest = HttpWebRequest.Create(fileUri);
>> webRequest.Method = "HEAD"; //??????? (*)
>> WebResponse webResponse = webRequest.GetResponse();
>> fileSizeBytes = (ulong)webResponse.ContentLength;
>> (*) Does this setting make the WebRequest only send the info and not
>> the complete file?
>
> WebRequest is a, um, request ;-)
> The file will be part of the response.
>
>>
>> I ask because i don't want to download large files completely only to
>> get the filename.
>
> A HEAD request is similar to a GET request, but the server will not send
> a HTTP body, only the headers. If these headers contain Content-Length,
> you'll get what you need.
>
> Cheers,