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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting check if some file is in copy process, then transfer it Post 302480659 by DGPickett on Wednesday 15th of December 2010 12:16:26 PM
Old 12-15-2010
Bad idea -- how long is long enough? Best idea: write under another name like same.temp and then rename when done. Second choice: use fuser to see if it is open, but even if not open, file may be incomplete due to a failed writer, unless you have a way to validate it, such as a trailer record.

PS: Comment s/b after the do line!
 

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LEARN ABOUT BSD

cp

CP(1)							      General Commands Manual							     CP(1)

NAME

       cp - copy

SYNOPSIS

       cp [ -ip ] file1 file2

       cp [ -ipr ] file ... directory

DESCRIPTION

       File1  is copied onto file2.  By default, the mode and owner of file2 are preserved if it already existed; otherwise the mode of the source
       file modified by the current umask(2) is used.  The -p option causes cp to attempt to preserve (duplicate) in its copies  the  modification
       times and modes of the source files, ignoring the present umask.

       In the second form, one or more files are copied into the directory with their original file-names.

       Cp refuses to copy a file onto itself.

       If  the	-i option is specified, cp will prompt the user with the name of the file whenever the copy will cause an old file to be overwrit-
       ten. An answer of 'y' will cause cp to continue. Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the file.

       If the -r option is specified and any of the source files are directories, cp copies each subtree rooted at that name;  in  this  case  the
       destination must be a directory.

SEE ALSO

       cat(1), mv(1), rcp(1C)

4th Berkeley Distribution					   June 8, 1985 							     CP(1)
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