kfordham281 Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 I was wondering how I can keep my ftp client from asking me to "overwrite a newer file" everytime I upload to my webserver (server82). I'm guessing it has to do with a time difference between me and the server. It's really annoying. Any suggestions? (short of changing my time to match the server; don't really care to do that) Thanks, Kevin Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 (edited) Welcome to the family, Kevin! Don't have an answer for you but someone else may. Are there any settings in your FTP client that you can use to turn off the message? I've checked my client but don't see one for time and I have never received that message. Edited November 10, 2004 by TCH-Bruce Quote
TCH-Dick Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 Depends on what FTP program you use. I use WS_FTP Pro and it has a setting for time offset. Quote
GroovyFish Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 Hi Kevin and Welcome to the Family! Like Bruce said, check the settings in your FTP program. I use Filezilla and in it's settings, you can specify if you want the program to Ask, Overwrite, Overwrite if Newer, Rename or Skip the file. I keep mine at Ask, kind of a pain but keeps me from doing something stupid! Quote
kfordham281 Posted November 10, 2004 Author Posted November 10, 2004 I actually want to be notified when I'm "truely" overwriting a newer file. The issue is that if I upload a file at 1PM (local time) and then I decide 5 minutes later that I want to change something, when I upload the file with the changes it asks me if I want to overwrite the newer file on the server. The problem is that it's not actually a newer file. The one I'm uploading is newer, but the server time stamps the file as newer. Hope I'm making sense. Quote
GroovyFish Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 Which FTP program are you using? Maybe that is the way to start. TCH_Dick said that WS_FTP Pro has a time offset option, and so does Filezilla. If we know which one you are using, maybe someone can tell you how to set yours up to match the time on the server. Quote
TCH-Dick Posted November 10, 2004 Posted November 10, 2004 What software are you using? In WS_FTP Pro this is done by the timeset offset. My server is in GMT -5 but I am in GMT -6. So I set the time offset to -1 and this makes the timestamp the same as my local time. Check your FTP program and see if there is a similar setting. Quote
rnmcd Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 What software are you using? In WS_FTP Pro this is done by the timeset offset. My server is in GMT -5 but I am in GMT -6. So I set the time offset to -1 and this makes the timestamp the same as my local time. Check your FTP program and see if there is a similar setting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm using SmartFTP and I can't seem to find a setting to offset time. Any SmartFTP users that have found a way? thanks. Quote
jandafields Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 I'm using SmartFTP and I can't seem to find a setting to offset time. Any SmartFTP users that have found a way? thanks. I guess you could change your computer clock to match the server Quote
TCH-Rob Posted January 6, 2005 Posted January 6, 2005 Looks like as of 12/15/04 the time offset has not been incorporated into SmartFTP. You may want to try another FTP program. Quote
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