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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users How to check a file in UNIX is closed or growing? Post 59983 by dangral on Thursday 6th of January 2005 10:48:41 AM
Old 01-06-2005
We also like to use flag files, like Perderabo said. Just have your copy script #1 copy your data file into the directory and then upon success, touch a flag file. Then have copy script #2 check for the existence of the flag file. If the flag file is there, copy the script. If not, wait n minutes.

You also want to remove the flag file, either at the beginning of script #1 or the end of script #2.
 

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