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Tomos · Dec 20th, 2004, 7:00 AM

I am not a programmer and have only experienced dos batch files before. I have constructed a private website for my friends and somebody of that group is going travelling and would like to keep an online diary on my page.
The page runs on a simple unattended server in my garage that automatically accepts uploads through an MSN messenger running on it.

I would like a simple program that checks for the existance of a certain named file 'traveller.txt' for example. Then if it exists, move it into a directory where it can be appended to previous traveller.txt files and then displayed on the website.

So, the traveller uploads her daily diary, it gets moved out of the 'uploads' directory and her previous uploaded text get ammended to it then put into a directory where the website can see it and display it as text on the page.

I don't think thats too hard to write as a batch file that waits 60 seconds before checking and running in a loop..

Can anybody help me with this please?!
Apologies if this isn't in the right sections, but this is a sort of simple script required.

Dec 20th, 2004, 7:00 AM	#1
Tomos Newbie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I am not a programmer and have only experienced dos batch files before. I have constructed a private website for my friends and somebody of that group is going travelling and would like to keep an online diary on my page. The page runs on a simple unattended server in my garage that automatically accepts uploads through an MSN messenger running on it. I would like a simple program that checks for the existance of a certain named file 'traveller.txt' for example. Then if it exists, move it into a directory where it can be appended to previous traveller.txt files and then displayed on the website. So, the traveller uploads her daily diary, it gets moved out of the 'uploads' directory and her previous uploaded text get ammended to it then put into a directory where the website can see it and display it as text on the page. I don't think thats too hard to write as a batch file that waits 60 seconds before checking and running in a loop.. Can anybody help me with this please?! Apologies if this isn't in the right sections, but this is a sort of simple script required.