When you retrieve it, store the value of the last-modified header. When you retrieve it the next time, pass the if-modified-since request header. That's what I do with a feed aggregator I wrote and it works great. You could also look at the ETag value.
Rob Wilkerson On 10/19/06, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to compare the content of a file I am reading from a remote > server using <cfhttp> and the content of a file I read with <cffile> to see > if they are the same or not. > > The file that is being read was previously written from a <cfhttp> read. My > goal is to see if the content from the remote file has changed since the last > time it was copied to the local server, if so copy it to the local server. > > I'm having surprising difficulties with that. Even though I have just copied > the remote file, a second test says the content of the two files are NOT the > same? > > Am I missing something here? > > Is there another way I can do this? > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > --------- > | 1 | | > --------- Binary Soduko > | | | > --------- > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > delete any copies of this message. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:257406 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
