RE: FTP Problem !

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, renaming is an accepted way of handling this problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wills, Mike N. (TC) [mailto:MNWills@taylorcorp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 1:07 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: FTP Problem !
> 
> 
> Here is the reply I got from my Unix guy: 
> It very much depends on the FTP server being used, but for 
> the most part FTP
> has no file locking because it doesn't transmit a file size 
> before it begins
> sending.  The server has no way of knowing when the transfer 
> is complete.
> It's a limitation of the FTP protocol, bearing in mind that 
> FTP is something
> like 25 years old....  I cannot really suggest a way to fix 
> the problem.
> 
> But those other suggestions about renaming would make sense to me.
> 
> Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ravi Borra [mailto:ravi_borra@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:15 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: FTP Problem !
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  We have a problem with FTP trasfers. Our business
> partner is dowloading files from their unix server
> before we finish uploading completely. So they are
> getting only partial file. Is there anyway I can lock
> the file until I finish uploading ?
> 
> Thanks in advance !
> Ravi Borra
> Sr EDI Analyst
> 
> 
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