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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting script to monitor directory Post 302227042 by nulinux on Wednesday 20th of August 2008 12:20:10 PM
Old 08-20-2008
One problem you have is: how do you know the files are really there, as opposed to partly there? Also, after you sftp them out, do you remove them?

Hello, thanks for the quick response! You have good points and this has been discussed. We do remove them after transfer. another note is that although the names will change as will the byte size, they will always end in *.dat. One of other problems is as you mention what if the files are detected before they are finished transferring to the host, before they are sent back out?

thanks
 

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