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Automatic file renaming/overwriting on server
Old 07-02-2006, 02:13 PM Automatic file renaming/overwriting on server
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Hello, please forgive me if I don't explain myself perfectly, I have very little coding knowledge.

I recently volunteered to take over as the webmaster for a church website. On the main page are links to bulletins from both the current and previous week that can be downloaded in PDF format. A problem comes in however when updating the bulletins every week. I am not always able to upload the new bulletin on Saturday afternoons (per the request of the pastor) and consequently if someone goes home after attending mass on Saturday evening and checks the website for the bulletin, it is not current. Alternatively, the pastor does not wish for the new bulletin to be post any day before Saturday.

Here's what I would like to do:

The new bulletin is: bulletin_current.pdf
Last week's is: bulletin_previous.pdf

Is there a way for me to upload a file as "bulletin.pdf" at somepoint during the week when I have time, and then at a given time on Saturday afternoon have the server rename/overwritie my files? It would rename "bulletin_current" to "bulletin_previous" and also rename "bulletin" to "bulletin_current".

I do not know about the feasibility of this option, and don't know where to begin. Any other potential solutions? The site was intitially designed using some ASP. Unfortunately, my knowledge base goes little beyond HTML and Javascript. I am will to do my homework and learn if someone can point me in the right direction. Thank you in advance.
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Old 07-03-2006, 07:54 AM Re: Automatic file renaming/overwriting on server
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Thats do-able yes. But alas in ASP I have little idea.

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