Posted by J.O. Aho on 09/28/33 11:41

Sam wrote:
>>> Set the file creation as a cron job, you only make the actual web page script
> to store the information that the user wants and once a hour the cron
> job does
> generate with help of the information the page and then mails the
> result to
> the user. <<
>
> Thanks Aho - that sounds workable to me.
>
> Only issue is I'm not sure if I can schedule and run cron jobs with the
> web hosting package that I have. Hopefully it's just a command that I
> run.

You need to have administration rights on the server or get someone to add the
script to the cron job, as you seem to pay for the service, it's mostly a
question about cost and the time that the host has to examine your script
before they add it.


//Aho

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