if you are going to use a cron job and you haven't got 'php as CGI' then
use something like below and save it in your crod_daily or hourly
#! /bin/sh
wget -q -c http://my.domain/phpfile.php3 > /dev/null
Ajdin
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Marty Landman wrote:
> 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
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