Dave Waroff wrote:

> I've seen these techniques used:
>
> 1) have a daemon wake up every so often and process files
> in a given directory.
>
> 2) schedule a cron job for every so often and process files
> in a given directory

i believe both of these have been discussed on the list before.....and both
have a potential problem.  *if* the file is curently being transferred (that
is, only partially present) when <whatever> grabs it, you're likely to have
a mess on your hands.

a possible solution might be to watch the file's size.  if it's not changed
in N minutes, then grab it.

> 4) feed commands into telnet after the ftp

just remember, telnet is not the same as dsline/dscopy (and all the
wonderfulness it provides...that we've taken for granted for years).

the short version, is the problem is more complicated that it appears at
first glance.   - d

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