Using FTP or WebDAV, the “Last Modified” times of the files are not retained. What can be done?
• FTP and WebDAV servers traditionally use the current system time for all incoming files. So the timestamp on the FTP server becomes different from the Last Modified time on your computer. In some cases, this is not a problem (for example if you only copy files to the FTP server). However, if you need to copy bidirectionally or really need to preserve the timestamp, here’s what can be done. The best thing to do would be to install a more modern FTP server software that is able to keep the timestamps, for example Gene6 FTP Server from www.gene6.com. If the server software can’t be replaced, you could use Filename Encoding to retain the timestamps on the FTP server. You’ll find that option on the Versioning tab sheet. Filename Encoding will modify the filenames by adding the date and time to them, so you can only use it if it’s OK that the filenames look encoded on the server. If filename encoding can’t be used and you need to do a bidirectional synchronization, there is still another o
• FTP and WebDAV servers traditionally use the current system time for all incoming files. So the timestamp on the FTP server becomes different from the Last Modified time on your computer. In some cases, this is not a problem (for example if you only copy files to the FTP server). However, if you need to copy bidirectionally or really need to preserve the timestamp, here’s what can be done. The best thing to do would be to install a more modern FTP server software that is able to keep the timestamps, for example Gene6 FTP Server from www.gene6.com. If the server software can’t be replaced, you could use Filename Encoding to retain the timestamps on the FTP server. You’ll find that option on the Versioning tab sheet. Filename Encoding will modify the filenames by adding the date and time to them, so you can only use it if it’s OK that the filenames look encoded on the server. If filename encoding can’t be used and you need to do a bidirectional synchronization, there is still another o
