Problem replacing old file

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Problem replacing old file

#1 Post by GerryWolff » 2021-07-14 15:59

In uploading files with FileZilla, it often happens that, although FileZilla seems to overwrite old versions of uploaded files, the old version persists when I view the file with Firefox. This happens even though I press the shift key while reading the file into Firefox.

Can anyone explain why this happens and how to fix the problem.

With thanks,

Gerry

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Re: Problem replacing old file

#2 Post by boco » 2021-07-15 21:25

Your hosting provider might do server-side caching of some sort. This is often the case with load balancing. New files uploaded by you are a cache miss and will load normally, but, overwritten files will still be a cache hit and the server will load them from the cache for some time. Eventually, the cache will be refreshed and use the newer files.
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