Re: background process

ric, Apologies. Abbreviation "m/c" means "machine". =dn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ric Manalac" <ric.manalac@webphilippines.com> To: "DL Neil" <PHPml@DandE.HomeChoice.co.uk> Cc: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: 29 October 2001 12:03 Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] background process > 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 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 line (given that it has been > > appropriately set up on your > > m/c). This is discussed in the docs. Thereafter it becomes a matter of setting up a > > 'trigger' to kick-off > > execution at set times using CRON (*nix) or AT (Windows?32-bit). > > > > =dn > > -- > > ================================================================== > Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged > and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of > this message is not the intended recipient,or an employee or agent > responsible for delivering this to the intended recipient,you are > hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of > this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. > Thank you. > ================================================================== > >