Correct me if i'm wrong, you say use cron and a shell script (let's say bash) instead of perl? well, if there are any other ways of doing it instead of using cron, id love to head about it. Is there a way to know when a user leaves the site? if so can i make it run the clearing script when a user leaves? (i know this isn't close, but IE like the way bash runs ~/.bash_logout when user logs out?)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >------------------------------------------------ >On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:18:00 +0200, Shahar Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> hi... >> I'm working on a CGI program that creates some user-specific file on the >> server when accessed. is there a good way to make sure theese files are >> cleared when they're no longer needed - IE if a file in a specific >> directory was not accessed for 5 minutes, delete it. >> Right now i'm thinking a croned script - but it would have to be run >> quite oftenly - won't that have a bad effect on my system? >> I'd love to hear some ideas. > >This is highly dependent on the frequency with which you run the script, the number >of files, possibly the size of the files, etc. cron in itself is going to be running >anyways (most likely) having it fire up a single process to remove some files isn't >terribly slow, until you are talking about large amounts of files or you run it very >often like every couple of seconds. So the question becomes how long "may" a file >stay out there, because this determines how frequently you must run the script, in >other words, if a file has not been accessed in five minutes but must be deleted >before it is stale for 6 minutes then you have to run the script every 59 seconds. >etc. > >If you must take this approach and are on a unix system, I would avoid a Perl script >and install a recent version of 'find' and use 'rm' instead. That should speed up the >file location and removal without the overhead of the perl interpreter being fired up. > >http://danconia.org > >http://danconia.org > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
