[WaitForFile] wait for open file, not closed file

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38882
interpreted = N
texte = I'm stuck with an very old problem :I want to move a file as soon as it is ready to be moved. This means created AND closed.The [WaitforFile] context don't wait for the file to be closed but is activated as soon as the file is created and yet opened, so not ready to be moved.If the time to write the file is long, the [waitForFile] context is activated, even if the writing of the file is not yet finished.If you place a [movefile] context inside the [waitforfile] context with slow files you will a have a 0 kbyte moved file.So maybe it is possible to test with the [fileinfo] context if the [size] of the file is null and then wait more time.I'm trying to have some kind of loop wich test if the file size is not null and then escape the loop.But it doesn't seems to have a loop break if possibility in WebCat.This is really a VERY big problem for me.I tried a lot of solutions like rename or move but the problem is still the same : the [waitforfile] context is activated as soon as the file begin to exist on the disc.Please help.Thank you. Ed.------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WaitForFile] wait for open file, not closed file (Edouard Janssens [Microscript] 2001)
  2. Re: [WaitForFile] wait for open file, not closed file (Christer Olsson 2001)
  3. Re: [WaitForFile] wait for open file, not closed file (Brian Fries 2001)
  4. [WaitForFile] wait for open file, not closed file (Edouard Janssens [Microscript] 2001)
I'm stuck with an very old problem :I want to move a file as soon as it is ready to be moved. This means created AND closed.The [waitforfile] context don't wait for the file to be closed but is activated as soon as the file is created and yet opened, so not ready to be moved.If the time to write the file is long, the [waitforfile] context is activated, even if the writing of the file is not yet finished.If you place a [movefile] context inside the [waitforfile] context with slow files you will a have a 0 kbyte moved file.So maybe it is possible to test with the [fileinfo] context if the [size] of the file is null and then wait more time.I'm trying to have some kind of loop wich test if the file size is not null and then escape the loop.But it doesn't seems to have a loop break if possibility in WebCat.This is really a VERY big problem for me.I tried a lot of solutions like rename or move but the problem is still the same : the [waitforfile] context is activated as soon as the file begin to exist on the disc.Please help.Thank you. Ed.------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Edouard Janssens [Microscript]

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