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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users The best way to skin a cat OR how do I get file system info on the most basic level? Post 302279063 by mph on Wednesday 21st of January 2009 11:09:23 PM
Old 01-22-2009
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Originally Posted by Annihilannic
1) Each time you process the directory, touch a flag file. Then use find /pathname -newer /path/to/flagfile. Doesn't really save you the overhead of running find but saves you having to do comparisons.
The problem with that is files dragged from Windows don't always update the time stamp on the file(s) being transferred. I've tried using the atime, mtime, and ctime of the files, none of which would work 100% of the time.
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2) Does vsftpd keep the file open for the entire duration of the transfer? If so you could use fuser on the file until it shows no processes accessing it, and then assume that the upload is complete. Normally the best way is to upload files to a temporary name and then rename them when complete, but that requires end-user actions which probably aren't appropriate in your situation.
Now that's a good question. I don't know, didn't even think of it, but I can check on it. Thanks!
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I'm kind of surprised though that vsftpd doesn't log an upload complete event, even at a not very verbose level?
vsftpd does log when the transfer is complete. But we have users that will transfer 5 - 15 files at times. I don't really want a notification for each file, just one when the lot is complete. So for now when it sees a complete transfer with sleeps for 15 seconds, checks the filesystem size for changes, if yes waits for the next transfer to complete, if not, send the email.
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Incidentally, if you are prepared to consider a commercial product, Tumbleweed's SecureTransport is a good product for doing most of what you describe... i.e. triggered actions based on incoming files, etc.
I've not heard of Tumbleweed, nor been able to find much of anything like what I'm doing. Thanks! I'll check it out, but I know the company won't spring for it until the economy picks up. I am in an auto related field.

Thanks a bunch!
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

gvfs-cat

gvfs-cat(1)							   User Commands						       gvfs-cat(1)

NAME

       gvfs-cat - print a file to standard output using the VFS system

SYNOPSIS

       gvfs-cat URI

DESCRIPTION

       gvfs-cat prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       URI	Specifies the file location in standard URI format.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Cat a File From a Web Server

       example% gvfs-cat http://www.sun.com

       Example 2: Cat a Local File

       example% gvfs-cat file:///home/user/README.txt

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gvfs-cat       Executable to print a file to standard output using the VFS system

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-gvfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-info(1), gvfs-less(1), gvfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1) gvfs-monitor-dir(1), gvfs-monitor-file(1), gvfs-mount(1), gvfs-move(1),
       gvfs-rename(1), gvfs-open(1), gvfs-rm(1), gvfs-save(1), gvfs-trash(1), gvfs-tree(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES

       Written by Alvaro Lopez Ortega, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    25 Mar 2008 						       gvfs-cat(1)
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