[TriLUG] Uploading Race Info Automatically: question

[Lance A. Brown]

Carl Crider wrote:
> I need to auto upload race results from a race course.
> 
> Ok, here's the scenario:
> 
> This is for Slalom Skateboard racing. We have a timer that gives
> us the times of each racer. That info is typed into a spreadsheet.
> In order to save the timing guy from being hassled, there is a networked
> PC in another tent. That PC has a 42" TV screen to show the racers where
> they stand. [those PC's are windoze]

Why not have the times be entered into a website that automatically
updates the display on the 42" display.

That, or put the spreadsheet on a samba share on the linux laptop,
monitor the file for changes, and every time it changes, read the file
and update the page.

--[Lance]

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