The directory listing contains a list of story identifiers which look something like this 123454678:12345678:12345678 The date and time of the story is one of the fields. So the listing gives me the stories I need to download and the timestamp. When a story changes I re-download it. If it disappears from the list I delete it.
Regards Graham -----Original Message----- From: twsocket-boun...@elists.org [mailto:twsocket-boun...@elists.org] On Behalf Of Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd Sent: 05 March 2010 11:40 To: twsocket@elists.org Subject: Re: [twsocket] FPiette V2.108 vs Overbyte V7.07 - FTP Client > As I have mentioned in previous posts some months ago I am interfacing > to an Avid iNEWS newsroom server and polling by using the dirAsync > command sent every 3 seconds. Are you checking for changes to a specific file, or just looking for new files in general? If the former, using the MLST or MDTM commands is much more efficient for the server since they don't involve creating a new data socket every three seconds. Angus -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
