Re: monitor ftp server ?

"Sam" <Sam@directron.com> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone,
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> I guess this question should be asked by anyone else before.
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> I need a program to monitor any new files added to a ftp server, the file
> name is arbitrary, we can not directly program on that server, only have
> the password of that.
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> My first design is using Sql Server¡¯s DTS to automatically download new
> files to a windows folder and using the .net filesystem watcher object to
> monitor the windows folder¡¯s changing.
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> However the DTS can only support fixed filename download (as far as I
> known).
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> Or. Are there any other solutions?
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> Thanks for any suggestions.
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> Sam
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Do you need to actually download the files? Or do you just need to monitor
for new files initially?. If the later then why not make periodic LIST
commands to the server - keeping a log of the files that are currently on
the server - they could then be downloaded at a later stage