On Monday, August 22, 2005, at 04:07AM, Dan Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Aug 22, 2005, at 7:42 AM, Thomas McCarthy wrote: > >> >> Question 1: >> Can my rev cgi engine do things (such as send out emails) at >> predetermined intervals? >> >No. The CGI runs on request from a browser or other client. To do >this it would have to stay running, which is not how CGIs are >designed to work. for that task, cron is your friend! :-) > >> Question 2: >> This is related to question 1. If my cgi script starts up the Rev >> engine. When does the rev engine shut down? >> >Each time the CGI is called, the engine is invoked, does the CGI >task, and terminates. > I find that the time after the reply to the browser but before engine shutdown is a very nice place to do all kinds of mantainance tasks. The client is happy and I think we can steal some more CPU cycles doing things that will speed up our system by leaving it in a nice shape. For example, this is a nice time to process text files and generate quick indexes. cheers andre >> thanks >> tom >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com >> The most personalized portal on the Web! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Dan Shafer, Revolution Consultant and Author >http://www.shafermedia.com >Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought" > From http://www.revolutionpros.com, Click "My Stuff" > > > >_______________________________________________ >use-revolution mailing list >use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
