As Richard said, if you are using cgi with mode=map, no image is written to disk, it is just streamed to the client.
If you are using cgi in mode=browse, the default mode, you will write images to the temp folder. David. -----Original Message----- From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Duivenvoorde Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:16 AM To: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] temp directory remain empty Hi Milo, it depends how you use mapserver: - as a cgi - using mapserver/php script (mapscript) Using it as a cgi (as you do), there will be no temporary images: upon creating the map-image the image is streamed to the client. Using mapscript, mapscript generates an image and a page in which there is an url to THIS image. This url is unique on every request: no caching either. Caching is rather difficult with current clients: every url/bbox is almost unique. IF the extent, and everything is always the same (as you say), you could try to arrange something with a webproxy/cache (in front of mapserver), this will then serve a cached version of your image. But this has not something to do with mapserver(s temp directory). OR you should use a tiling server, and a client which can use that. With tiles your are caching. Gr Richard Duivenvoorde Milo van der Linden wrote: > Hello list, > > My mapserver is not running optimal. > > I serve a global bathymetry raster and the maps that users request are > always based upon a fixed extent (country boundaries) > - Somehow nothing happens in my map-temp directory, I see no temp files > appear. > - If I manage to get temp files into my map-temp, will mapserver use > them as cache? > - Are there other ways to set up caching with mapservers? > > Any tip at all will be highly appreciated. > > Kind regards, > > Milo van der Linden
