I need to download files from client site on monthly basis. Currently I'm able to download files successfully but catch is that I have to issue the wget command 2 times. Apparently it does not download the file if it is not present in my linux directory. So, first time it dowloads a 32 byte file. If I type the file, I see message - Virtual user xxxx logged in (xxxx is actual user name)

When I issue same command again, it does the download successfully !! So far it is working with me but bugs me because the date stamp doesn't come across the original. I see date of the download instead.

Situation changed with my new project where I need to automate wget download on a specific day of month and make sure whether we received the files or not . So, if the file wasn't created on specific date by client, I can't raise the flag

Thanks in advance
Prashant