On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 02:14:13PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote: > On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 07:21:14PM +0200, Tim Rühsen wrote: > > What other options do we have to make --if-modified-since workable in your > > scenario? (Apart from switching --if-modified-since off) > > > > a) When you download a file, use a temporary file name. After wget exists, > > check the return status and if it is 0, rename the file. > > > > The downside is that you always have download the file, even if it didn't > > change. > > I think this is probably the right solution, except: > > 1. ALWAYS rename the file, even if the download fails / is > interrupted.
[...] Although, TBH, just restoring the original behavior with head requests seems like it would be significantly simpler. And for me personally, where I live in StrangeWorld where renames are extremely expensive (essentially copy + delete), would also be a lot more efficient. Looking at the other options, I do think restoring the original behavior is the best one.
