While HTTP allows for a Last-Modified date header to be send, it's not required, and it's also not required to be the third line of the response, so I wouldn't say "# This does work". It's more "# It might work, sometimes, for some URLs".

However, the FTP protocol doesn't send a Last-Modified piece of meta data, so you can't get it in the way you are trying. You *might* be able to get the information by using Net::FTP to log in to the server, cd to the appropriate directory, and issue a 'dir' command. You might be able to parse out the last modification date from the response - but then again, the server might not give it to you.

It's important to realize that HTTP and FTP are two very different protocols.

Abigail

In reply to Re: Last Modification date by Abigail-II
in thread Last Modification date by Anonymous Monk

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