L.D wrote:
>And Michael knows how to write code that checks free memory, and all
>sorts of other things far more complex than running a command of some
>sort to see if %spaceleftondrive% =< file size. He already has
>parameters in Arachne that check free space available on 'home drive for
>Arachne' IIRC.
A small thing that I would like to have as a check (except to check that
the files actually fit) is to check if the cache directory actually exists
(or change the errror message you get if it doesn't since it looks like
there's something wrong with the connection).
>P.S. To speak as if Michael programs as poorly as a M$ committee is an
> insult to him.
I agree.
>P.P.S. In addition to already having a "drive space available" checker
> in Arachne, didn't I see someone say that he also has a "what
> kind of file is this really" checker built in also.
NO! I gave an example of some code (that actually works) that Michael CAN
add. I'm not sure however if it's the correct way to handle this since it's
an error by whoever made the page, telling the creator of the page that he
has made an error would IMO be much better.
New idea: If Arachne after converting it with djpeg notice that the file
has file size 0 try and open it as a GIF instead, that wouldn't slow things
down (the file is after all opened anyway and Arachne tries to read from
it). The same thing can be done when the GIF handling routines abort. Only
time these things will make an decrease in speed is when the file was
incorrectly named on the server.
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
