+
+bool wxFTP::FileExists(const wxString& fileName)
+{
+    // This function checks if the file specified in fileName exists in the
+    // current dir. It does so by simply doing an NLST (via GetList).
+    // If this succeeds (and the list is not empty) the file exists.
+
+    bool retval = false;
+    wxArrayString fileList;
+
+    if ( GetList(fileList, fileName, false) )
+    {
+        // Some ftp-servers (Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 1.0.5 does this)
+        // displays this behaviour when queried on a nonexistent file:
+        // NLST this_file_does_not_exist
+        // 150 Opening ASCII data connection for directory listing
+        // (no data transferred)
+        // 226 Transfer complete
+        // Here wxFTP::GetList(...) will succeed but it will return an empty
+        // list.
+        retval = !fileList.IsEmpty();
+    }
+
+    return retval;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// FTP GetSize
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+int wxFTP::GetFileSize(const wxString& fileName)
+{
+    // return the filesize of the given file if possible
+    // return -1 otherwise (predominantly if file doesn't exist
+    // in current dir)
+
+    int filesize = -1;
+
+    // Check for existance of file via wxFTP::FileExists(...)
+    if ( FileExists(fileName) )
+    {
+        wxString command;
+
+        // First try "SIZE" command using BINARY(IMAGE) transfermode
+        // Especially UNIX ftp-servers distinguish between the different
+        // transfermodes and reports different filesizes accordingly.
+        // The BINARY size is the interesting one: How much memory
+        // will we need to hold this file?
+        TransferMode oldTransfermode = m_currentTransfermode;
+        SetTransferMode(BINARY);
+        command << wxT("SIZE ") << fileName;
+
+        bool ok = CheckCommand(command, '2');
+
+        if ( ok )
+        {
+            // The answer should be one line: "213 <filesize>\n"
+            // 213 is File Status (STD9)
+            // "SIZE" is not described anywhere..? It works on most servers
+            int statuscode;
+            if ( wxSscanf(GetLastResult().c_str(), wxT("%i %i"),
+                          &statuscode, &filesize) == 2 )
+            {
+                // We've gotten a good reply.
+                ok = true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Something bad happened.. A "2yz" reply with no size
+                // Fallback
+                ok = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Set transfermode back to the original. Only the "SIZE"-command
+        // is dependant on transfermode
+        if ( oldTransfermode != NONE )
+        {
+            SetTransferMode(oldTransfermode);
+        }
+
+        // this is not a direct else clause.. The size command might return an
+        // invalid "2yz" reply
+        if ( !ok )
+        {
+            // The server didn't understand the "SIZE"-command or it
+            // returned an invalid reply.
+            // We now try to get details for the file with a "LIST"-command
+            // and then parse the output from there..
+            wxArrayString fileList;
+            if ( GetList(fileList, fileName, true) )
+            {
+                if ( !fileList.IsEmpty() )
+                {
+                    // We _should_ only get one line in return, but just to be
+                    // safe we run through the line(s) returned and look for a
+                    // substring containing the name we are looking for. We
+                    // stop the iteration at the first occurrence of the
+                    // filename. The search is not case-sensitive.
+                    const size_t numFiles = fileList.size();
+                    size_t i;
+                    for ( i = 0; i < fileList.GetCount(); i++ )
+                    {
+                        if ( fileList[i].Upper().Contains(fileName.Upper()) )
+                            break;
+                    }
+
+                    if ( i != numFiles )
+                    {
+                        // The index i points to the first occurrence of
+                        // fileName in the array Now we have to find out what
+                        // format the LIST has returned. There are two
+                        // "schools": Unix-like
+                        //
+                        // '-rw-rw-rw- owner group size month day time filename'
+                        //
+                        // or Windows-like
+                        //
+                        // 'date size filename'
+
+                        // check if the first character is '-'. This would
+                        // indicate Unix-style (this also limits this function
+                        // to searching for files, not directories)
+                        if ( fileList[i].Mid(0, 1) == wxT("-") )
+                        {
+
+                            if ( wxSscanf(fileList[i].c_str(),
+                                          wxT("%*s %*s %*s %*s %i %*s %*s %*s %*s"),
+                                          &filesize) != 9 )
+                            {
+                                // Hmm... Invalid response
+                                wxLogDebug(wxT("Invalid LIST response"));
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else // Windows-style response (?)
+                        {
+                            if ( wxSscanf(fileList[i].c_str(),
+                                          wxT("%*s %*s %i %*s"),
+                                          &filesize) != 4 )
+                            {
+                                // something bad happened..?
+                                wxLogDebug(wxT("Invalid or unknown LIST response"));
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // filesize might still be -1 when exiting
+    return filesize;
+}
+
+#endif // wxUSE_PROTOCOL_FTP
+