Might be better off using a hash with the filename and say last mod time. Then if a new file or the last mod time is different, then rebuild your data.
Wags ;) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 06:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: appending files hi i have this very interesting task, and i need some inspiration. i have a directory with say 10 fcgi files (text files): now i would like to have a temp.fcgi file which contains all of the date from the .fcgi files (appended). however, i want my program to update the temp.fcgi file if new .fcgi files are added the directory. i was thinking something like testing the combined size of the .fcgi files compared to temp.fcgi and if it differs then wipe temp.fcgi and generate a new one? how can that be done? -martin -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]