ftp dates

[James.Cass at sealedair.com]

>  when you upload or download a file via ftp, 
> the file is assigned the current date/time, 
> not the original date/time.

In MacOSX 10.3.x you can use the command "SetFile" to modify a file's 
modification or creation date.  The "SetFile" command is available in the 
free download of Apple's Developer Tools.  I use it when copying files 
from a Mac client to a Win2K server.  I compare the copied file's mod date 
with the original and change the copy if needed.

Hope this helps,
James





"Jay Madren" <JaysLists at triad.rr.com>
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I wanted to do this too, but there are some problems.  One is the
information and/or format of the listing can vary among different ftp
servers, making a universal solution difficult.  Another is when you 
upload
or download a file via ftp, the file is assigned the current date/time, 
not
the original date/time.  The ability to modify the date/time of a file in 
RR
could overcome this, but only for downloads.

I have been using a system of using a "control" file that contains the
date/time for each file on the ftp server, and pkzipc (command line 
version)
to preserve the date/time of the files (in addition to compressing them).
But each computer must have the pkzip utilities.  Again, if RR had the
ability to modify the date/time of a file (or someone wrote an external to
do it - hint hint), I could build a utility to handle all of this without
having to rely on pkzip.

Jay Madren

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[mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Alex
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Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 18:11
To: How to use Revolution
Subject: Re: ftp dates


At 23:45 25/07/2004 +0200, Ton Cardona wrote:

>I would like to compare the modification date of a binary file on an ftp
>server with that of a corresponding binary file in a folder on the hard
disk.
>
>The purpose is to download files of the ftp server ony when their
>modification date date is older than those of the files in the hard disk
>
>I guess there must be a way of doing it, but I am unable to find out how.

There's a "How To" on How to list the files in an FTP directory - summary
is that an FTP URL which finishes in a "/" will give back a directory
listing, including the name, size, permissions, owner, and last
modification date

The example given is :
put URL "ftp://ftp.example.net/mydir/" into field "List"

Take comparing modification times between systems for different clock
settings - you may want to check current time on each machine and use that
to adjust your decisions.

-- Alex.

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