checking to see if a file on an ftp server is newer (or different?) than the local file

Josh Mellicker josh at dvcreators.net
Wed Jun 21 17:38:27 EDT 2006


What is the method y'all use to check to see if a file on an ftp  
server is newer (or different?) than the local file?

(This is for a self-updating app with a "splash" app that downloads,  
then runs a main stack.)

MD5? Date/time? Version number in filename?

Tanx in advance. 8^)



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