format of the .URL file that saves synchronizing info

[Ted Sung]

Hi,

When I synchronize my favorites, a .url file is created that looks
something like this:

[DEFAULT]
BASEURL=http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/phy.html
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/phy.html
Modified=60ED707C07A3C301A7

I'm presuming the Modified= line is the last modified time of the URL
and is compared to the current modified time of the URL to see if the
page
needs to be downloaded.

My question is this: I want to alter the Modified time but what units
is it in?

I'm doing this because I sometimes try to synchronize my favorites and
for
some reason near all of them get synchronized (have the red star next
to their icons) even though I know some of the pages haven't changed.
Thus I want to
alter the URL files so that I put the modified time a bit into the
future and
so the browser doesn't think the pages are new.

Thanks,

Ted

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Ted,

Netscape Bookmark File Format:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...er/external/overview/bookmark_file_format.asp

Read the note there:

<quote>
Throughout this file format definition, {date} is a decimal integer that
represents the number of seconds elapsed since midnight January 1, 1970.
</quote>

The same metrics applies to MODIFIED.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Hi,

When I synchronize my favorites, a .url file is created that looks
something like this:

[DEFAULT]
BASEURL=http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/phy.html
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/phy.html
Modified=60ED707C07A3C301A7

I'm presuming the Modified= line is the last modified time of the URL
and is compared to the current modified time of the URL to see if the
page
needs to be downloaded.

My question is this: I want to alter the Modified time but what units
is it in?

I'm doing this because I sometimes try to synchronize my favorites and
for
some reason near all of them get synchronized (have the red star next
to their icons) even though I know some of the pages haven't changed.
Thus I want to
alter the URL files so that I put the modified time a bit into the
future and
so the browser doesn't think the pages are new.

Thanks,

Ted

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Umm. That applies to the links in a bookmark file (HTM) and not the metrics
for the .URL shortcuts.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Ted,

Netscape Bookmark File Format:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...er/external/overview/bookmark_file_format.asp

Read the note there:

<quote>
Throughout this file format definition, {date} is a decimal integer that
represents the number of seconds elapsed since midnight January 1, 1970.
</quote>

The same metrics applies to MODIFIED.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Hi,

When I synchronize my favorites, a .url file is created that looks
something like this:

[DEFAULT]
BASEURL=http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/phy.html
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Class/phy.html
Modified=60ED707C07A3C301A7

I'm presuming the Modified= line is the last modified time of the URL
and is compared to the current modified time of the URL to see if the
page
needs to be downloaded.

My question is this: I want to alter the Modified time but what units
is it in?

I'm doing this because I sometimes try to synchronize my favorites and
for
some reason near all of them get synchronized (have the red star next
to their icons) even though I know some of the pages haven't changed.
Thus I want to
alter the URL files so that I put the modified time a bit into the
future and
so the browser doesn't think the pages are new.

Thanks,

Ted