Wirt writes:
> Ken writes:
> >  Even better is to rename the file, which is an atomic operation.  You
have
> >  to make sure that the rename will succeed (same volume/file
system/etc).
>
> Unfortunately, that's not possible if you don't either know the name of
the
> file you're looking for or there are likely to be multiple files in the
> watched folder.

I mean that whoever is creating the file does the rename, not who is
downloading it.  Right now you are using a program to create
DATA001.WORKGRP, then you copy it to DATA001.FTPGRP.  Instead, just RENAME
DATA001.WORKGRP,DATA001.FTPGRP.  Or, if you want to keep the original or the
two groups are not on the same volume, you may have to
COPY DATA001.WORKGRP,DATA001.TMPGRP
RENAME DATA001.TMPGRP,DATA001.FTPGRP

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