Thanks Gregory,

I would be very interested in that code. SiteExec may be just what I need. I really appreciate your assistance.

Glenn

>Glenn,
>
>'SITE exec' is not a M$ variety. Most ftp servers allow it as far as I know.
>I've used it in the past (took me a couple of days though to get it working)
>
>your best bet is (as it handles the timestamp and reduces the data to transfer)
>(1) zip
>(2) transfer
>(3) unzip remotely (with site exec)
>
>I've got some code laying around if you need it
>
>Gregory
>
>>Thanks, I did not think it would be a "supported" feature. It looks like the server will always be a M$ variety, and I do not know of a command on WinX that will allow the timestamp to be altered.
>>
>>Glenn
>>>>It is not that I don't know the correct time for that timezone, but rather I donn't know how to change the timestamp on the FTP server using VFP client FTP software.
>>>>
>>>>Glenn
>>>>
>>>>>>>Is there any way of controlling the destination timestamp with FTP? I am sending files from a client (W98/2000/ME/XP) to a server (w2000/XP) and need to preserve the client timestamp on the server. Any ideas???
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Glenn
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Why not use additional info file (maybe XML) to check the timestamp (I think you need to check version)?
>>>>>>What about different clients in different timezones?
>>>>>
>>>>>When I need to account for timezones, I usually store the GMT time and the timezone offset - that way you can figure out the time regardless of timezone. If Glenn places these two bits of info into the record file, and knows the timezone/offset of the client's location, he should be all set.
>>>
>>>Glenn,
>>>
>>>The only way I see is to remotely execute a command after the transfer.
>>>
>>>Something like the unix touch command, no doubt (rather) easily found on the web if you havn't got it alreeady
>>>
>>>The touch.exe has to be on the remote site. If not you will have to transfer it first
>>>
>>>After the transfer something like
>>>

>>>
>>>local cmd, ResultHandle
>>>
>>>cmd =  'site exec c:\command.com /c touch 200212311859.59 \dir1\dir2\file.ext' + chr(0)
>>>ResultHandle = 0
>>>
>>>ftpCommand(ftpHandle, 0, FTP_TRANSFER_TYPE_ASCII, @cmd, @ResultHandle )
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>You can even transfer all files while building an xxx.bat file which holds all the touch commands.
>>>Afterwards, transfer the xxx.bat to the remote site and have it executed
>>>
>>>Let me know if you need further help
>>>
>>>another possiblility is to zip/xcopy the files, transfer them and unzip them with a .bat
>>>
>>>3rd Possibility: zip locally, zip2exe to eg files.exe , transfer, remotely execute the files.exe, delete remote files.exe