Re: automated table population

It's technologically possible to exec() finger, almost for sure. Nobody can answer whether the into you want is there or not without knowing more about your data/application/system/users. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Spurvey <merle.pittman@ns.sympatico.ca> Newsgroups: php.general Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:09 PM Subject: [PHP] automated table population > Hi, here is my problem, > > I am working on an online file submission system. When a new category > of files is created I create a new table based on that category. The > purpose of this table is to hold a list of users that can post files to > this category. I know this may not be the most elegant way of doing > things but I have reasons for this. > > Anyway, when I create the new table I would like for the table to be > automatically populated with the correct bunch of users. Is there any > way of doing this? I was thinking of using finger and extracting info > from the users on the system and based on the info extracted determine > whether they should be entered into the table or not. I am not sure how > possible this would be or if I can even get the correct type of info > from finger to make the decision on each user. > > Any input/suggestions would be appreciated. > Thanks. > > MDP > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >