Re: [PHP] Executing after certain time

2001-07-06 Thread AJDIN BRANDIC

if you are going to use a cron job and you haven't got 'php as CGI' then 
use something like below and save it in your crod_daily or hourly

#! /bin/sh
wget -q -c http://my.domain/phpfile.php3  /dev/null

Ajdin

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Marty Landman wrote:

 At 08:41 am 7/5/01 -0700, Oliver Hotz wrote:
 Hey guys, I have a php script that generates files, and a www page that
 links to them.
 
 Is there a way to delete those files, based on a time variable ?..
 
 Why not have cron kick off a script every minute that checks all candidate 
 files and deletes the ones that need it. You can either embed the delete 
 criteria within the file name or alternatively have the program which 
 creates the candidate files post entries to a control file which the cron 
 pgm reads.
 
 What about updating the links on the webpage though? You'll have to handle 
 this too unless the page is written by a program which generates links on 
 the fly based on candidate file availability. Like generating the links 
 from a read of the candidate file directory.
 
 Of course you'll want a very appealing 404 handler (see .htaccess for 
 those) because the webpage could be invoked by a visitor to the site 
 displaying links that are clobbered some seconds/minutes later by the cron 
 job. Then the visitor clicks and it ain't there. :(
 
 Maybe there's a better way to accomplish what you're after??
 
 hth,
 
 Marty
 
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[PHP] Executing after certain time

2001-07-05 Thread Oliver Hotz

Hey guys, I have a php script that generates files, and a www page that
links to them.

Is there a way to delete those files, based on a time variable ?..

lets say 1 minute after they have been generated, they get deleted ?

(this is on redhat linux, and the latest build of php/apache 1.3)

Thanks,

Oliver


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Re: [PHP] Executing after certain time

2001-07-05 Thread Marty Landman

At 08:41 am 7/5/01 -0700, Oliver Hotz wrote:
Hey guys, I have a php script that generates files, and a www page that
links to them.

Is there a way to delete those files, based on a time variable ?..

Why not have cron kick off a script every minute that checks all candidate 
files and deletes the ones that need it. You can either embed the delete 
criteria within the file name or alternatively have the program which 
creates the candidate files post entries to a control file which the cron 
pgm reads.

What about updating the links on the webpage though? You'll have to handle 
this too unless the page is written by a program which generates links on 
the fly based on candidate file availability. Like generating the links 
from a read of the candidate file directory.

Of course you'll want a very appealing 404 handler (see .htaccess for 
those) because the webpage could be invoked by a visitor to the site 
displaying links that are clobbered some seconds/minutes later by the cron 
job. Then the visitor clicks and it ain't there. :(

Maybe there's a better way to accomplish what you're after??

hth,

Marty

Face 2 Interface Web Solutions
Website Creation Made SIMPL(tm)
Online Demo Available
http://face2interface.com/Home/Demo.shtml


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RE: [PHP] Executing after certain time

2001-07-05 Thread Don Read


On 05-Jul-01 Oliver Hotz wrote:
 Hey guys, I have a php script that generates files, and a www page that
 links to them.
 
 Is there a way to delete those files, based on a time variable ?..
 
 lets say 1 minute after they have been generated, they get deleted ?
 

man find
(check for the -mmin expression)

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