Re: Downloadiong and file dates

[Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:20 PM, James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Lennart" == Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> 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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