How to update file?

[Jason Orendorff]

> I need to update a local file from a web server if the file on this web 
> server is newer then that on my local hard disk.
> Do you have any idea how it can be done?

The easiest way is to use wget.
  http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html

If you want to do it in Python, you'd use httplib
  http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-httplib.html
and the If-Modified-Since header, defined in section 14.25 of
  http://rfc.net/rfc2616.html

## Jason Orendorff    http://www.jorendorff.com/