Re: FTP problem

Try to RENAME the file before the GET. This, of course, will only be
allowed if the Novell application does not have the file locked. If this
works then the application may also build the new file for you on it's next
output operation.

After you RENAME the file then GET the file by it's new name.

Ken Slaugh  (707) 795-1512 x118
Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.
AS/400 Professional Administrator/MSE
Client Access Specialist
http://www.cm-inc.com/


                                                                                
                   
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I have a text file on a Novell Server which is constantly being added to. I

have an AS400 program queued to run every 5 minutes which will FTP from the

AS400 and GET this file. I then need to clear the server file so that the
next time I do a GET I'm only GETting new records. As there is no ftp
command for clearing a file how can achieve this? I've thought of DELeting
the file and then PUTting an empty version of it back on, but how do ensure

that I don't delete any records added to it since the GET? I cannot risk
missing out on any records that would otherwise be added to the server file

while I am manipulating it. At the moment my only solution is to
continually
GET all the records and then decide on the AS400 whether or not they have
already been processed, then clear the server file on a daily basis, after
production is finished. The server file will have maximum 2000 records by
the end of the day, so reprocessing the same data over and over will not
impact the AS400 too much, but it's not an ideal solution. Does anybody
know
the 'ideal' solution?

TIA,

Kevin Corcoran.
IBS Lockheed Martin.
.A world without string is a world of chaos.
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