"Matthew Speed" <mspeed@mspeed.net> wrote in message
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> Environment: W2K3 Server Standard Edition
>
> My company has client upload files to an ftp server. To find new
> files, we simply order the directories by "Modified" in descending
> order. We have a couple of clients who, when they upload a file, do
> not get the modified timestamp on their folder updated.
>
> A couple of details:
>
> 1. the clients are not creating their directories. When they log in
> they are dropped into their personal directory and they simply upload
> a file to that location.
>
> 2. the file they upload shows the date and time of their upload, a
> time different than the timestamp on the folder itself.
>
> Any ideas on how to make this work correctly?

<qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote:

>I can't repro the symptom, the folder reflect the modified date once files
>being uploaded.
>how do you order the modified folders? windows explorer ? command prompt?

"Matthew Speed" <mspeed@mspeed.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:58:29 +0800, "Bernard Cheah [MVP]"
> <qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote:
>
>>I can't repro the symptom, the folder reflect the modified date once files
>>being uploaded.
>>how do you order the modified folders? windows explorer ? command prompt?
>
> Windows Explorer.
>
> BTW...we can't reproduce it either. Every time we upload a file the
> date changes for us as well. That is why this is so confusing.

<qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote:

>Well, errrr. not sure how to proceed now.
>is it happen to all client machines? or just one or few?

"Matthew Speed" <mspeed@mspeed.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:35:46 +0800, "Bernard Cheah [MVP]"
> <qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote:
>
>>Well, errrr. not sure how to proceed now.
>>is it happen to all client machines? or just one or few?
>
> I'm not quite sure what you are asking. Internally, no matter which
> client computer on the LAN looks at that folder it will see that the
> folder date doesn't match the file date. We assume (but do not know)
> that the external client sending the data is sending from the same
> machine every time. We see the same source IP address in the logs but
> that means nothing in the world of NAT.
>

<qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote:

>No, what I'm asking is how 'client machine' uploads does not change the
>folder modification date.
>I can't repro using ftp.exe to upload. How do you connect and upload ?
>built-in program or ftp client?
>can you repro with ftp.exe ?

"Matthew Speed" <mspeed@mspeed.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:26:50 +0800, "Bernard Cheah [MVP]"
> <qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote:
>
>>No, what I'm asking is how 'client machine' uploads does not change the
>>folder modification date.
>>I can't repro using ftp.exe to upload. How do you connect and upload ?
>>built-in program or ftp client?
>>can you repro with ftp.exe ?
>
> Got it. This isn't data I upload; this is uploaded by external
> clients. I cannot personally reproduce this. I will contact them and
> find out how the two or three clients for whom this happens are doing
> it. The good news is that it is always the same clients so this is
> almost certainly an issue of ftp client that is causing it.