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On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:59 AM, bisanthe <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> I am using apache ftp server in my application.
> It is a web based build tool. User select version of product to build. I
> build product send them an email like
> "You build completed please download from following link"
> ftp://my-domain/builds -> no password here anonymous login.
> for example builds directory has version1.zip and version2.zip and user
> build version3.zip
> When user clicked link in email, only version1.zip and version2.zip are
> visible unless user press CTRL-F5 on browser window.
> I have encountered same problem in both firefox and internet explorer. Is
> it a web browser problem. It seems web browser display folder
> content from local cache instead of current one from ftp server. I am
> curious about that, is there an option in ftp server to force ftp clients
> not to use local cache.
> Always ask for latest content from ftp server ? May ftp server can send a
> header to client about that. If there is not option like that I have to add
> a notes section
> at the end of my email.
> Same thing occurs for log file. For example build failed and I am sending
> email to user
> "Your build failed
> Log file: ftp://my-domain/logs/build.log
> "
> And user fixed errors started build again and build successful this time.
> But when user clicked link in email build.log file still shows that build
> failed because browser shows previous log file from local cache. File on
> server states that
> build successful but browser shows previous log file from cache and users
> complain my build passed but log file says build failed. My reply is please
> press ctrl+f5.
> Thanks.
>

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