[dcc2] MultiFile Transfer Headers

codemstr at ptdprolog.net codemstr at ptdprolog.net
Fri Apr 30 23:08:05 EDT 2004


> Let's say I recompile my program but forget to change the version 
> number, and I send someone the executable. Then I realize I have 5 
> different files named ViRC.exe and I may have sent the wrong one. If DCC 
> keeps the modified date, I can say "Is that executable from today or 
> last week?"

Ok I can see the usefulness there. I'm just not so sure the usefulness that 
that brings outweighs the confusion it will also bring. Meaning, what happens 
if it is from neither today, nor last week, but from tomorrow? Also, since 
you can't change the creation times, you have:

Created: 02:00 Apr 30 2004
Modified: 03:43 Mar 13 2004

So people will be confused by the fact that, yes ViRC.exe was modified a week 
ago, but it was created today. How can you modify what has not been created 
yet?

-- codemastr





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