Output file size increases as export occurs?

Hello,
I'm currently exporting a lengthy project in Adobe Media Encoder. The settings are fairly straightforward I think, h.264 codec, 1280x720 @ 23.976 fps (i'm downgrading a bit from the native 1920x1080 files) ultimately leading to a .mov file.
I've exported many times but never bothered to look at the output file template that is created where I told the compressor to save the export WHILE it is being exported. So I don't know if when i click on the file and it says zero bytes after a half hour of encoding, if that means something is wrong of it just won't show the file size until export is complete?

Hi,
The file size cannot be determined unless the file is exported completely. So please check the size of the file once encoding completes.
Regards,
Vinay

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