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Re: web page update notifierby b10m (Vicar) |
on Jun 17, 2004 at 21:04 UTC ( [id://367763]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
In this snippet, you actually download the whole file each time you (cron) run(s) the script. Wouldn't it be nicer if you'd just ask for a HEAD and check the "Last-Modified" header and do some local testing on that?
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