On 03Nov2009 13:31, Donald Russell <russell.don@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Another system uses FTP to drop files in a directory for me to process. | I have a bash script to process the incoming files. The script is started by | cron periodically. | | There's a problem if the FTP transfer is still in progress because the | process begins reading the file even though it isn't complete yet. I liked the upload-then-rename suggested by another poster, if you can get this implemented. Otherwise... [...] | I could also configure the ftp server to lock files being written, but that | seems to be discouraged. (based on man vsftpd.conf) It's not discouraged for any reason that seems to match your use case. You've got a well defined upload area and no malicious users. Use the lock facility! That's what it's for! | Basically, what I want is something like | Can I get an exclusive read on file x? | No - skip that file, go onto the next one | Yes - start processing that file Do it! See above! Have you tried it? Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Carpe Daemon - Seize the Background Process - Paul Tomblin <ab401@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
