On 27 Apr 2005 23:32:15 -0700, poisondart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to dynamically generate temporary files (such as an > html, xml or text file) in Python? > > I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself clearly as I've no clue how to > describe this mechanism. I've seen it on certain websites that will > generate a file under certain parameters (through forms) that will > dissapear (i.e. delete itself) after a specified amount of time. These > files usually have some phony string for their filenames...like it's > been md5 hashed or something. > > Is there a group of library functions that allow this? I imagine that > if i manually go and allocate a bunch of timers to monitor files, it > would be really expensive in load. Or perhaps is this a client-side > mechanism?
I think the best way to do that is have a web page that generates the files with random filenames. These files probably ought to reside in their own special directory. This web page gives the user a link to the filename. Next, have a cron job kick off every 5 minutes or so that deletes any files that are older than 'X' minutes. This seems to be the simplest approach. jw -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
