Re: [WaitForFile] wait for open file, not closed file
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Do you have control over the process that is creating the file you are waiting for? Can you change it to write to a temporary name then rename to the final name when done? or to write an I'm done file that you can wait for instead?- brianAt 5:23 PM 9/25/2001, Edouard Janssens [Microscript] wrote:>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.-- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.com =>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Do you have control over the process that is creating the file you are waiting for? Can you change it to write to a temporary name then rename to the final name when done? or to write an I'm done file that you can wait for instead?- brianAt 5:23 PM 9/25/2001, Edouard Janssens [Microscript] wrote:>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.-- <= Brian C. Fries, BrainScan Software http://www.brainscansoftware.com =>-------------------------------------------------------------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/
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