Hi Pete, Thanks for giving it your consideration. If you decide to revise these parameteres, then it will require an extra command in your script (because the WGET command will output the compressed file as .SNF).
If you don't insist on using WGET, then CURL (also free/open software) actually has more flexible parameters that will simplify your script because it will let you compare the timestamp of the unzipped, local .SNF file against the server timestamp, e.g.: curl http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/(licensecode).snf -o (licensecode).snf.gz -s -S -R -z (licensecode).snf -H "Accept-Encoding:gzip" -u sniffer:ki11sp8m Best Regards, Andy From: Message Sniffer Community [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete McNeil Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:03 AM To: Message Sniffer Community Subject: [sniffer] Re: Update Script - Choice of WGET Parameter Prevents TimeStamping Hello Andy, Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 12:50:23 AM, you wrote: > PS: And, for bonus points, to correctly support your sub-directory feature in your sample script, you would do that with the -P parameter, e.g.: wget http://www.sortmonster.net/Sniffer/Updates/%LICENSE_ID%.snf -N -P %RULEBASE_PATH% --header=Accept-Encoding:gzip --http-user=sniffer --http-passwd=ki11sp8m <snip/> Thanks for your help. We have to cover a lot of ground so we often get solutions from our customers and others that just want to help out. We do our best to test and edit. I will see that your suggestions / corrections are reviewed and included in our updates. In any case they will be in the mailing list archives ;-) THANKS! _M -- Pete McNeil Chief Scientist, Arm Research Labs, LLC. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <sniffer@sortmonster.com>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
