File time stamps are not used. Version numbers are implied from filenames.
Dick, K6KR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Woolley Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 3:46 AM To: Elecraft List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Minor irritation with K3 Firmware Loader, Version 1.0.11.21 Toby Deinhardt wrote: > > While one does not need to use the Elecraft application to download from > Elecraft, any FTP client will do, it is a little bit "easier" to do this > with the K3 downloader, because it automatically knows what is new since > the the last download. If detecting updated files is the only issue, and assuming that Elecraft don't upset the modification dates of unmodified files, you should use the open source "wget" tool to do the downloads. This can be run in a mode where it only transfers files which have changed modifications dates or changed sizes. wget has an ftp mode, in which it will traverse the directory hierarchy, subject to configurable restrictions, and an http mode, in which it will traverse the link structure, again subject to configurable restrictions. Better still, although the firmware files may not be big enough for full benefit, would be to use "rsync", but that requires Elecraft to run an rsync server. Incidentally, if the Elecraft downloader is giving false indications of files being modified, I wonder if it is trying to compare local time of last download against the ftp time stamp, which is most often the local time at the server, although a server might be set to use UTC. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
