[wplug] Apache question

[Russ Schneider]

Joe Topjian wrote:

> If you used perl or php, then it might be more easier.
> Example, when a user clicks on a link to download, have a script 
> increment a counter file (you could use a database, but that might be 
> too much overhead for something like this), serve the file to the user, 
> wait until the file is done downloading, and decrement the counter file 
> by one. When someone connects, check the counter file.. if the value is 
> 3, spit an error out saying try again later.

If there a way to determine when "the file is done downloading" whereas 
PHP could then issue a command?


> Also, you could always use FTP..

That is my backup plan. :)

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Russ Schneider (a.k.a. Sugapablo)
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