> Ok I understand part of the Cron and it checking often to see > if a script > needs to be executed. But i still dotn understand if I set up > the HTML page > where the user selects the date they want the function to > happen, how do I > set up the CGI script to read this and how does the Cron > function know read > they date selected for this function. Keep in mind today we > could get 10 > people choosing 10 different dates. So yes I have cron set to > run daily at > 12.05 am but how will it know if the cgi script has any files > that a user > has chosen to make for that date.
I don't have the time to write this for you... 1 - there is a CGI script that is called by the HTML page that writes the user's requested time & other info into a list on the server. a database would even be better. 1 - the cron runs probably every hour of the day 2 - there is a script that the cron calls that reads the list/database & gets all the users that are within that time period & does whatever you need with the info - send an email, whatever. it's really pretty straight ahead. hth Al Hospers CamberSoft, Inc. al<at>cambersoft<dot>com http://www.cambersoft.com Shockwave and Director development, CD-ROM, HTML, CGI scripting, and Graphic Design. A famous linguist once said: "There is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." YEAH, RIGHT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
