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Old 10-21-2008
jim mcnamara jim mcnamara is offline Forum Staff  
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You can cron every minute if you need it. crontab entry
Code:
* * * * * [[ -f /path/to/file/filename ]] && mv /path/to/file/filename /path/to/storage/
This is not a great idea because if the file is ftp'ed to your system you may get a partial file if ftp has not completed. Change the ftp process to transfer a small dummy file after the real file is already there. Then search for the dummy file and then mv both files if you find the dummy.