Question: Date of HTML doc delivered by Webserver?

Need some help with Apache 1.3x

[pontifex]

Hi folks,

I wonder if the apache webserver tells the user/viewer of a specific document (URL), when
the document was generated or last modified.

If so, can I influence that directly in the server layer (not with "touch" on the commandline)

Help is appreciated!

Pontifex

[Brett_Tabke]

Yes, you can determine the date of the page on the server. It can't be done several ways.

Install something like proxomitron and watch the headers come across in response to a request. Also, reload the page and see if it uses 'last modified'.

Using touch will depend upon your server. Usually, touch will update the date under *nix. I've seen versions of apache though, that will return either inode or the creation date. You can't affect the creation date with touch unless you delete the file and recreate it.