Re: How to detect which files need an update

[Sarah Reichelt]

I give each stack a custom property called "versionNum" or something 
like that. When I upload the new stacks to the FTP server, I rename 
them in a specific format e.g. StackName113.rev.gz would be a 
compressed copy of StackName.rev with a version number of 1.1.3
Then I have a utility on the remote computers that check the files on 
the FTP server, see if any of them have a version number later than the 
ones if the "versionNum" custom property and of so, download, 
uncompress & install them.
I don't rely on dates & times at all.

Cheers,
Sarah
On 15 Aug 2004, at 2:13 am, Ton Cardona wrote:
One program of mine is based on compressed files which the user 
downloads from an FTP to his hard disk. Those files are frequently 
updated (legal stuff).

Although it is easy to detect the date of files in the FTP, I am 
unable to detect whether the files in the hard disk do need an update 
by comparing their dates to the dates of those in the FTP.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Ton Cardona
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