[ale] OT: Perl Question

[Eric Z. Ayers]

other options include sending with a temp file name and then renaming
when the transfer is complete, or outfitting your ftp server on the
receiving end with a special SITE command that can be run after the
xfer is complet.


-Eric.

No One writes:
 > Have the transferee send a 'lock' file, i.e.. myfile.lock, prior to the
 > transfer and then delete it when the transfer is complete. If deletion is not
 > possible, have them send a 'myfile.done' file to signal completion. You can
 > then look for the presence or absence of this file to indicate when the ftp in
 > complete.
 > 
 > Ed.
 > 
 > "Robert L. Harris" wrote:
 > 
 > > We have some transfers being done via ftp.  At any rate, there's
 > > no easy way to get the status of if the transfer is done or not.  Can't
 > > just watch the size grow and when it stops get it due to network
 > > latency.
 > >
 > > Is there a form of stat() that will tell me if something has a file
 > > open for writing in perl?   I'm poking around perldoc, etc but
 > > nothing is just jumping out at me.
 > >
 > > Robert
 > >
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 > >
 > > FYI:
 > >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
 > 
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