CBTview does not cache any information so while etag may be good it isn't something i can use at this time.
On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:30:02 -0600, Lionel B Dyck wrote: > > >wget could work for the files but i need to use curl to get the file > >date as wget can't and for getting files there isn't much difference > >so i'm sticking with curl for consistency. > > > In > <https://superuser.com/questions/1690316/how-can-i-only-show-the-request-header-response-headers-and-output-to-dev-null> > > Someone contrived to fetch the headers and-output-to-dev-nul. > I didn't notice whether this bypassed the transfer. > > But why bother, since curl provides for conditional fetch of > outdated files? > > Would you keep the archive in zFS, PDSE, or other? For which > of these would timestamp granularity be fine enough for conditional > download? > > cbttape.org appears to supply ETag values. Would those better? > > >but thank you as that was a path i did look at. > > > >On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > >> > >> What about wget? > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website:https://github.com/lbdyck "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
