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Old 05-06-2010
ftp process end problem
my server gets text based files by ftp and one of my scripts opens and parses it.
but sometimes my script opens the file for parsing before the ftp ends. so while the file growing it parses it and moves to another location. because of this i usually get "end of file " error while opening files.

how can i determine whether file is ended and ftp process that writes to it finished.
# 2  
Old 05-06-2010
you can try using fuser command
Code:
COUNT=`fuser /path/to/file | wc -c`
if [ $COUNT -gt 0 ]
   then echo file is open
fi

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Old 05-06-2010
If you have control of the sending location, you can also have it send a second file of nominal size, and only process files for which the second file exists. This will also cover the possibility of the file not being in use because the ftp process died.
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