Couple CGI questions--timed events

[Dan Shafer]

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.

> 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.

> thanks
> tom
>
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