Re: automated file removal / cache clearing

2003-08-29 Thread drieux
On Thursday, Aug 28, 2003, at 14:16 US/Pacific, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] I am glad someone put this into easily understood terms, I was thinking the same thing and couldn't come up with a compact way of saying it :-)... Think about where I live - there are so few chances for mathematicians to

Re: automated file removal / cache clearing

2003-08-28 Thread wiggins
t for a website)... http://danconia.org > - Original Message - > From: "drieux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "cgi cgi-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:58 PM > Subject: Re: automated file removal / cache clearing > >

Re: automated file removal / cache clearing

2003-08-28 Thread Octavian Rasnita
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Re: automated file removal / cache clearing

2003-08-28 Thread drieux
On Wednesday, Aug 27, 2003, at 14:22 US/Pacific, Octavian Rasnita wrote: Or if you don't want to depend on Unix's cron and want your program to do everything, you can set it so each time a new visitor comes to your site, checks which files are not needed, and delete them. You can use fork to avo

Re: automated file removal / cache clearing

2003-08-27 Thread Octavian Rasnita
background job. teddy.fcc.ro [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "drieux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "cgi cgi-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:46 PM Subject: Re: automated file removal / cache clearing On Wednesday, Aug 2

Re: automated file removal / cache clearing

2003-08-27 Thread drieux
On Wednesday, Aug 27, 2003, at 07:18 US/Pacific, Shahar Evron wrote: [..] 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

RE: automated file removal / cache clearing

2003-08-27 Thread wiggins
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:28:46 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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

RE: automated file removal / cache clearing

2003-08-27 Thread ShaharEvron
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 us

RE: automated file removal / cache clearing

2003-08-27 Thread wiggins
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 whe