Hi all,
I am trying to resolve something for a client of mine. There was an incident where (we think) some files needed for printing didn't show up on the FTP server until a certain time, even though they were zipped earlier that day (most of them). Let me explain.
Two days ago, we were waiting for some files that a magazine's art dept. was supposed to upload to our FTP server. The print person left for the day around 4pm. He checked on the FTP site about 15 minutes before he left (~3:45) and did NOT see any of the files we needed.
He came in the following morning and was questioned as to why the files that were on there weren't run out and printed. He again swore that there was nothing on the site when he left the afternoon before. But when they logged in that morning, sure enough there were files there with a timestamp both earlier than he had left, and later than he had left.
He obviously couldn't be blamed for the files that, according to the program, came in over an hour after he left. It was the 3 or 4 that had a timestamp earlier than when he left that was the issue.
Which brings me to my question. When the program shows the column "Date Modified", what does that exactly mean? I hope it DOESN'T mean when the files were UPLOADED, NOT WHEN THEY WERE CREATED.
We're trying to determine whether the files were indeed on there before he left, and he just missed them, or they weren't there because they were uploaded later in the day after he left (even though they were finished and zipped earlier). Got all that?
Yummy FTP peeps, please shed some light on this.
Thanks in advance.
