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Re: Downloadiong and file dates
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Lennart Borgman |
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Re: Downloadiong and file dates |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Jan 2010 23:38:46 +0100 |
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:20 PM, James Cloos <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>> "Lennart" == Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Lennart> There is a "Last-Modified" header that perhaps could be used
> Lennart> for this. Would that be correct use for that header?
>
> Yes; that is exactly what most (every?) http client uses to set the
> mtime on downloaded files.
Thanks James.
> Lennart> Does url-copy-file take care of "Last-Modified" if present? Should
> it?
>
> It ought to.
A simple test of file download from EmacsWiki which uses
"Last-Modified" for files shows that it does not.
So there are two bugs here, one at Launchpad (does not send
"Last-Modified") and one in Emacs (does not use "Last-Modified"). I
will try to report them.
> -JimC
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> James Cloos <address@hidden> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6
>