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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting script to monitor directory Post 302227369 by ddreggors on Thursday 21st of August 2008 05:08:15 AM
Old 08-21-2008
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Originally Posted by otheus
it will work if the uploading process does not close/reopen the file in between writes AND if it removes the file after failure (if the upload process is interrupted and the file is not completely transferred).
Nice rewrite and great points but I thought I might mention that in the quote above you make it seem like it will NOT work if "the upload process is interrupted and the file is not completely transferred". While that is not what one would want the process will still work, you will just end up with a blank or partially written file. What I mean to say is that the loop will still run and do what it is meant to do but it will preform the actions on a file that is not intact. This would happen with ANY process as far as I know. If the transfer fails then you have a bad file and no way to tell without looking inside manually (vi, nano, etc...) or diff against the original (which you might not have).

Now on the other hand, it would be a very nice feature if the upload/transfer process failed and the file was removed (as you already mentioned).

As to the Linux specific code... my bad, I am from a Linux world and should remember that nix* means *more* than Linux usually. Smilie

I also make the assumtion that this user wants a quick easy to create solution. I base this on very little knowledge granted but there seems to be an air of "quick dirty hack" (not to be taken as a bad thing, just a real world thingSmilie) written in the initial question.
 

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dput(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   dput(1)

NAME

       dput - package upload tool for Debian

SYNTAX

       dput [options] [host] package.changes ...

DESCRIPTION

       This  is  a  tool  for uploading Debian packages into the archive. You may specify to which host it should upload the file by passing it an
       host argument. If omitted, dput uses the host specified by default_host (or, historically default_host_non-us) configuration option.   Also
       you have to pass the program one or more name of package.changes files and then they will be sequentially uploaded.

       This  program  will  then  upload  the  package for you into the archive, using a selected upload method. Currently dput supports ftp, scp,
       rsync, http, https, and local. The method scripts have been split from the main script  so  it  is  easy  to  add  new  methods.   Look	in
       /usr/share/dput/ for examples.

       Should  something  go  wrong  with your upload to destinations using the Debian upload queue daemon (e.g. ftp-master), you can remove files
       from the upload queue with dcut(1).

OPTIONS

       -c, --config - define a config file to use.

       -d, --debug - activate debugging mode, helpful if bugs occur.

       -D, --dinstall - do a dry run of dinstall after the upload.

       -f, --force - force an upload of an already uploaded package.

       -h, --help - print help information and exit.

       -H, --host-list - print the lists of hosts that dput knows about.

       -l, --lintian - run lintian before the upload.

       -U, --no-upload-log - do not write a .upload log file after uploading.

       -o, --check-only - check only the package and do not upload.

       -p, --print - print the configuration that dput is using.

       -P, --passive - use passive ftp instead of active. Note that passive ftp is the default unless specified  otherwise  in	the  configuration
       file.

       -s, --simulate - simulate an upload only.

       -u, --unchecked - don't check GnuPG signature on the changes file.

       -e,  --delayed  - Upload to a DELAYED queue, rather than the usual Incoming. This takes an argument from 0 to 15. Note that a delay of 0 is
       different from no delay at all.

       -v, --version - print version information and exit.

       -V, --check-version - check if the user has already installed and tested the package before putting it into the archive.

ENVIRONMENT

       This program doesn't depend on any environment variables. But if the variable USER is set, it will be used.

LICENSE

       This program is distributed under the terms of the GPL.

BUGS

       Please send bug reports to the author.

FILES

       /etc/dput.cf
	      global dput configuration file

       ~/.dput.cf
	      peruser dput configuration file

SEE ALSO

       dput.cf(5)
       dcut(1)
       /usr/share/doc/dput
       /usr/share/dput

AUTHOR

       dput was written Christian Kurz. The current maintainer is Thomas Viehmann <tv@beamnet.de>.

       Many other people have contributed to this code. See the Thanks file.

COMMENTS

       The author does appreciate comments and suggestions from you.

								  October 5, 2001							   dput(1)
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