Problem:

Customer X is ftp-ing a file in ASCII mode to his directory
A process is checking to see if a file exists in Customer X's directory
When a file is found, the file is Moved to a working directory for
processing

Issue:
File is being moved before the ftp has completed. There is only a portion of
the file is available for processing.
This does not occur in binary mode, but cannot require customers to send
files in binary mode.

Question:
How do I determine that the file is completely uploaded. What is the
property or method needed on the file handle to determine when a file upload
is completed?

TIA

Lock the receiving file for exclusive access, or only look for it in the
"real" target directory.


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Gary G. Little
Seagate Technologies, LLC

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> Problem:
>
> Customer X is ftp-ing a file in ASCII mode to his directory
> A process is checking to see if a file exists in Customer X's directory
> When a file is found, the file is Moved to a working directory for
> processing
>
> Issue:
> File is being moved before the ftp has completed. There is only a portion
of
> the file is available for processing.
> This does not occur in binary mode, but cannot require customers to send
> files in binary mode.
>
> Question:
> How do I determine that the file is completely uploaded. What is the
> property or method needed on the file handle to determine when a file
upload
> is completed?
>
> TIA
>
>