Re: Executing after certain time

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