Hi, The idea to keep incrementing the file sounds good, and I could do it on the upload end, but I am not sure on the browser end to keep making the browser get the latest, or second latest file on the website. I am using this type of HTML command in the page to make it refresh automatically in the browser:
<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="2,URL=http://www.members.shaw.ca/roger.zimmerman/ sharedesktop/refresh.html"> Where the 2 sets the delay in seconds before a refresh. And within the refresh.html page it puts up an imaged called something like screenshot.jpeg. The screenshot.jpeg gets set to 0 bits right on my website, so there is nothing the browser can do anymore to get it. It stays at 0 bits, even after I stop the browser and stop the automated ftp code from putting a new screenshot.jpeg up on the site. The next time I run the ftp code (without the browser running), the screenshot.jpeg gets updated correctly on the site (except ocassionally I need to delete screenshot.jpeg first then run the automated ftp code). Here is what I am using for the automated ftp code, I have tried "send" in a loop or just copied the Send command over and over for now. I commented out the loop I used to use, because it had to keep opening and closing the connection every time it did a send. Any ideas to fix that loop so it doesn't have to open and close the connection each time is also appreciated: ____________________________ #!/bin/sh HOST='ftp.shaw.ca' USER='roger.zimmerman' PASSWD='password' # echo -n "aftervariables${i} " #for i in $(seq 1 100) #do ftp -n ftp.shaw.ca <<SCRIPT user $USER $PASSWD send screen2.jpeg /sharedesktop/screen2.jpeg send screen2.jpeg /sharedesktop/screen2.jpeg send screen2.jpeg /sharedesktop/screen2.jpeg send screen2.jpeg /sharedesktop/screen2.jpeg send screen2.jpeg /sharedesktop/screen2.jpeg send screen2.jpeg /sharedesktop/screen2.jpeg quit SCRIPT #done exit _________________________________ For the suggestion on the file size on download, I am not sure how that applies, because that is on the browser end, and the file has already been set to 0 bits on the server end, so there is no file there to download. Good suggestions, keep them coming, I feel like I am so close to getting this working, but stuck against a wall now. This would be so cool if it worked! Roger > > If you are just using a default file name for the screenshot then it > will just overwrite the file which you have uploaded. > Maybe you can find a way round this. > It's not something I have tried but one possible solution could be > that you file upload could have some way of incrementing the file name > to upload. > eg file1.jpg, file2.jpg etc > > Also I have noticed that when I am downloading from the internet the > file name on my machine will be something such as > myapp.bin with a size showing from ls -l as 0 and with it will be > another file with a name myapp.bin_part. > It's size grows until the download is complete and then the myapp.bin > has the correct size and myapp.bin_part disappears. > So it might be possible to have the automatic refresh on your friends > machine detect that change and not actually refresh until the file is > fully uploaded. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
