Re: monitor for the existence of a file on the IFS

Hello  Richard,

Search the archives for opendir() API. In one of the result you get the source 
of a utility, DIR, that lists the contents of a directory on the IFS, output to 
screen, print or file.

Perhaps that may be sefull.

Regards.
Carel Teijgeler

======= At 2002-05-09, 09:30:00 you wrote: =======

>Hey all,
>
>I'm looking for a way to have an NEP batch job periodically (say, every 5
>min or so) monitor for the existence of a file (any file, any name) in a
>specific folder on the IFS.
>
>what I want to do is to monitor for a situation - a user moves/copies a
>file into a folder on the ifs - and have that action start a process where
>the as/400 uploads the file, deletes it off the ifs and processes the file.
>
>most if this stuff is pretty basic, but the piece i'm clueless about is how
>an rpg program (or clp, or whatever) can go looking for files in the IFS,
>without knowing the name.  The file could be named anything, but then I
>will need to determine that name so I can upload it to the 400 (via
>cpyfrmimpf).
>
>any ideas?

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