Re: Copying files

You are talking about copying files, and a miunte later your post says: 'my file didn't get moved'... Make up your mind :)

Your problem with the code you posted is that the \t in "$temp_folder_path\test.gif" is interpolated to a tab. Are you sure you don't need / or \\

Update (after reading the entire post): Why do you insist on copying the files? Why not store the random file names (and the real file name) in some sort of database and open the real file (and send that one) when a person makes a request for a random file? (And after the request remove the random file from the DB)

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Re^2: Copying files by Anonymous Monk on Feb 14, 2005 at 22:12 UTC
Okay, I meant "copy" :) And changing the \ to a / did fix that problem, thanks! Still need advice on everything else though if anyone has any suggestions.	[reply]
Re^2: Copying files by Anonymous Monk on Feb 14, 2005 at 22:47 UTC
I don't think I quite understand what you mean. Can you try explaining your suggestion differently? If there is any way to do this without copying the files but also making it so the user NEVER knows the name of the original file, I'd love to hear it Thanks.	[reply]
Re^3: Copying files by chromatic (Archbishop) on Feb 14, 2005 at 23:10 UTC
Store the files where the webserver won't serve them, no matter how hard users try to guess their names. Generate a new unique key for each user who needs to access a file. Store this in a database of some sort that associates that particular key with the name of the file to serve. This can be a flat file (but watch out for locking!), a tied hash (fast and reasonably easy to set up), or a relational database (probably overkill unless you're already using one). Instead of redirecting the user to a temporary file with a randomly-generated name, redirect the user to another CGI program that takes in the unique key, looks up the appropriate file in the database, then serves the file to the user. Bonus tip: look into the `Content-Disposition` header to set the filename appropriately.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Copying files by Anonymous Monk on Feb 15, 2005 at 04:13 UTC
Thanks for your information. I've Google'd "Content-Disposition" for about an hour now trying to get as much information on it as I could. From what I could tell, its primary use is to set attachments through the headers of the page (or in some cases tell the download box to stop being a file hog and send it through the browser instead. I've done something in the past where I read the file into memory, tossed it in a whatever-named zip file and I pushed it to the user. I COULD do that again if necissary but this brings on another question.. Is it possible to rename a file and push it through a web page somehow without ever having a second copy of the file?	[reply]