> > HTTP provides a straightforward way to avoid repeated > downloads of a file that hasn't changed, by sending > If-Modified-Since requests. > > Unfortunately wget doesn't yet support this, though it is > mentioned in its TODO file. (This is with wget 1.9.1, which > is the current > version.) > > Perhaps there's a Perl module that could do this.... > > Martin
My wget client checks for a newer file, or did I miss your point? Scott wget -N http://www.merchantsoverseas.com/wwwroot/gorilla/bigevil.cf --12:39:36-- http://www.merchantsoverseas.com/wwwroot/gorilla/bigevil.cf => `bigevil.cf' Resolving www.merchantsoverseas.com... done. Connecting to www.merchantsoverseas.com[204.17.79.197]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 68,703 [text/plain] Server file no newer than local file `bigevil.cf' -- not retrieving. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
