Re: Checking if a file is downloading

2002-07-24 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
l: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - Original Message - > From: "Wiggins d'Anconia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 4:47 AM > Subject: Re: Checking if

Re: Checking if a file is downloading

2002-07-24 Thread zentara
>> -Original Message- >> From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >> I want to check if a certain file is downloading in this >> moment by a page >> visitor. >> Is it possible with Perl? Another option which is widely used is to have a cgi-script do the file "download", by

RE: Checking if a file is downloading

2002-07-24 Thread Bob Showalter
> -Original Message- > From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 6:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Checking if a file is downloading > > > Hi all, > > I want to check if a certain file is downloading in this

Re: Checking if a file is downloading

2002-07-23 Thread Wiggins d'Anconia
There may be a direct way but I am not aware of it. As a proposed solution you could have the user call a perl script that has the following steps: 1) create a lock file (or something similar) 2) open the file that is to be downloaded 3) print the proper header for that file type 4) print the

Checking if a file is downloading

2002-07-23 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi all, I want to check if a certain file is downloading in this moment by a page visitor. Is it possible with Perl? I want to tell me true if the file is in the downloading process, and false if the download has finished. Thank you. I hope it is possible. Teddy Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ M