Confirming a download

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daven
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Confirming a download

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I have a script which generates a file for the user to download. After the file is downloaded, I need to delete it off of the server. My query is this: How do I find out if the user has downloaded the file, so I do not delete it prematurely?
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proivde a page to confirm download

Post by lostboy »

or write a COM object to detect the completion of the DL or

wait 5 minutes adn then delete

hth
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