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Re^3: [OT] Update data file on accessing sound file

by Anonymous Monk
on May 09, 2010 at 15:08 UTC ( [id://839117]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: [OT] Update data file on accessing sound file
in thread [OT] Update data file on accessing sound file

iphone won't directly play an embedded sound file.

Iphone is a kind of server?

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Re^4: [OT] Update data file on accessing sound file
by jonnyfolk (Vicar) on May 09, 2010 at 17:44 UTC

    Obviously you have missed the point of the original question,which indicates that I have expressed it badly. iPhone I guess is a bit of a red herring. Let's forget about the iPhone

    By embedding a sound file into an html web page, I can create a script which updates a data file elsewhere on the (Apache) server, page is published and the sound file plays automatically.

    My question is, if the sound file is accessed directly is there a way that I can register that access and update my data file accordingly?

      Um, so you're asking if you can trigger some action based on access? There might be other web server options, but the basic options are to have your cgi program serve the file (but do it smart, Content-Length/Content-Range ...) or you can parse your webserver log files.
        If I can invoke the sound file by perl script that would be perfect as I could then make updates to the data file in the same script. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do that, and searching has not helped so far. Parsing the log files would be after the event and I need this to be live (simultaneous).

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