JM> 02 Jul 97 20:34, Jack Pfisterer wrote to All:
JM>  JP> Just downloaded the file dated 27 Jun 97 and found the contents
  >  JP> identical to what I downloaded two or three months ago.  I think the
  >  JP> 27 Jun date is just an artifact of some housekeeping activity, but
  >  JP> certainly not a new version.
JM> It is indeed an update.  Confirmed this with both IBM and Netscape.
This is more than a little puzzling.  Checked the two files again and
they are absolutely identical!  Note the final CRC values and total 
file sizes:  (File dates reflect date of downloading.)
File dated 27 Feb 97:  Archive:  nsos2202.exe
 Length  Method   Size  Ratio   Date    Time   CRC-32     Name
 ------  ------   ----  -----   ----    ----   ------     ----
    488  Defl:N     256  48%  12-16-96  15:38  57af5647   NETSCAPE.ICF
* * * detail deleted for brevity * * *
1039074  Defl:N 1038605   0%  12-16-96  01:07  b382ed3c   java.in_
 ------          ------  ---                              -------
4525927         4410022   3%                              13 files
File dated 2 Jul 97:  Archive:  nsos2202.exe
 Length  Method   Size  Ratio   Date    Time   CRC-32     Name
 ------  ------   ----  -----   ----    ----   ------     ----
    488  Defl:N     256  48%  12-16-96  15:38  57af5647   NETSCAPE.ICF
* * * detail deleted for brevity * * *
1039074  Defl:N 1038605   0%  12-16-96  01:07  b382ed3c   java.in_
 ------          ------  ---                              -------
4525927         4410022   3%                              13 files
The second, 2 Jul 97 file was listed in the software/netscape directory
at service2.boulder.ibm.com as:
   -rw-rw-r--   1 95566035 205      4471619 Jun 27 13:50 nsos2202.exe
Were it not for the 27 Jun dating, I would assume that I was just a
little too early--downloading the file before it had been replaced by
the new one.
Since the displayed date apparently doesn't mean anything, and these
changes are not considered significant enough to change the labeling
of the file, how can I tell what is the true updated file.  I hate to
keep FTPing 4-meg files and discovering that they contain nothing new.
Jack P.
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