Thank you! I did a little research, and writing a .bat file to execute as a
scheduled task
is exactly what I needed. The file is simple:
@echo off
cd C:\OSGeo4W\tmp\ms_tmp
del *.png
cls
echo Your MapServer cache has been cleared!
echo.
pause nul
Saved as 'clearCache.bat' and added it as a
I'm attempting to set up a web page based on the old 'Itasca' demo, but I
will probably be hosting it with very limited web space. Has anybody come up
with some means or method to automatically clear out old map images once
they are no longer needed? In just a couple of days of testing the
Ok, I finally figured this out. When you're editing the indicated lines in
'index.html', pay close attention in particular to the lines:
snippet += IMAGEURL '/ms_tmp/'; and
input type=hidden name=program value=/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe
It's important to use the 'ScriptAlias' and alias for
I'm having similar difficulty with this ubiquitous demo. The offending part
of my index.html file:
function configure() {
var template =
document.demo.template.options[document.demo.template.selectedIndex].value;
// EDIT THE NEXT 2 LINES TO MATCH YOUR SETUP
