Re: lynx-dev downloading and metadata

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 12:45:24PM -0700, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:
> Speaking of downloading, I've wondered about something.
> 
> If a server sends a Last-Modified header with a file, can that be 
> used to set the file's modification date when it's downloaded?

I suppose so - but browsing around and looking at the related info, I
haven't found the last-modified item to be very reliable.
 
> And if so, could that be extended so that additional headers supply 
> more metadata?

for instance?

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