Ed K. wrote:This is simpler then you show here. You can get the last update time from the modified header from theDamn.. If you talked about it before , I wouldnt have to implement a html parser for the indexes , which is what I've done... :'(
repository:
$ telnet mirror.linux.duke.edu 80
HEAD http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/headers/header.info HTTP/1.1
^D
wget will return the header, but will also download the entire file...
Guess I'll simply dump it then , because parsing the header.info file looks like a easier way to do it. (I had to implement three parsers: one for http indexes , other for ftp indexes and one for the redhat http index)
I'll try to finish the test code tonight (as things got simpler now) and I post when I have a prototype.
Sorry for the delay.... But I was specifically recommending that you issue
a HEAD command to a http mirror. This would be simpler then parsing the actual header.info
{here starts a flame war}
actually, I would encourage the use of only http mirrors, there is better
support for caching when using proxy server. And, there is no support for
the HEAD command for an ftp serfer. You software must support proxy server.ed
Security on the internet is impossible without strong, open, and unhindered encryption.
