Re: [PHP-DB] background process

2001-10-29 Thread DL Neil
ric, Apologies. Abbreviation "m/c" means "machine". =dn - Original Message - From: "Ric Manalac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DL Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 29 October 2001 12:03 Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] b

Re: [PHP-DB] background process

2001-10-29 Thread Ric Manalac
hi, thanks for the reply. i will look up docs that discuss cron. i'm sorry but i didn't get what you mean by "m/c". please explain. thanks! regards, ric DL Neil wrote: > > has anyone here created an application using > > background processes? what i have in mind > > is to be able to run the b

Re: [PHP-DB] background process

2001-10-29 Thread DL Neil
> has anyone here created an application using > background processes? what i have in mind > is to be able to run the background process > once a day to check for files that are more than > 5 days old and delete them. thanks in advance. ric, PHP (and scripts) can be executed from the command li