On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 01:19:44PM +0100, David Woolley wrote: > I would expect any well managed site to return a correct last modified > date for downloaded files, although web page dates can be upset by server > side includes/ASP/PHP type processing. I know of one site that completely > reloads the server every week using tools that reset the modification date - > that is a problem with lack of technical sophistication, not with a policy.
...and many servers appear to give the current date for files which haven't been altered for quite a while. (agreeing this is probably a case of poorly designed sites, it still makes it not generally useful). -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
