https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=307098#c12
--- Comment #12 from Cristian Rodriguez
curl knows well how to do that:
Exactly that was my point, curl knows exactlt what to do , if you issue a HEAD request to an FTP server, it will give you an error if the file does not exists, or will show you the last modified time, it is handled transparently.
2) if you ever need to re-download for a file, do it the right way and m>ake it a conditional GET, so you need only one request as well -- with If-Modified-Since header
gotcha Peter, that 's the exact point. the server will return 304 "Not Modified" in case you already have your file up to date, once again, Im pretty sure curl knows how to do this the right way. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.