Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:58:30 +0100 From: "Michael Ross" <gmx@ross.cx> To: "Frank Leonhardt" <frank2@fjl.co.uk>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Deleting files after download Message-ID: <op.w6aejsqlg7njmm@michael-think> In-Reply-To: <20131109134343.e20a2ef0.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20131109103750.1545c9ae.freebsd@edvax.de> <527E2A42.4080903@fjl.co.uk> <20131109134343.e20a2ef0.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 13:43:43 +0100, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 12:27:46 +0000, Frank Leonhardt wrote: >> For what it's worth, in a similar situation I opted for an email >> notification that said "This file will be available for 14 days". Apart >> from being somewhat easier to implement, it had the advantage that the >> file could be downloaded by the same person on two or more hosts, more >> than one recipient to the original email, and it was possible to forward >> the link to other people who might also want the file. > > That's a nice extension of the original idea: multiple recipients, > more than one download, retention period. I have really bad experiences with "delete after downloaded". - Your logs showing the file to be sent is not the same as the file being correctly received. - Users do things like download and save to the wrong place, so they delete and download again. Go with Frank's advice, use a retention period. Michael
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