RE: How to determine if a file transfer is complete

["Fiona Fitzgerald" <fiona.fitzgerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Caroline,
      I remember a while ago we had some issues with files being sent at
month-end.

Here are some suggestions from the midrange list for checking if a file
transfer has completed;

"Attempt to MOV the file to another folder for processing. The MOV will
fail
if the file is still locked. I simply build a 'Process' folder as a child
of
the folder containing the files. Another nice feature is to then MOV it to
a
'Archive' folder after processing."

Another idea to be sure file transfer is complete :

"I had a similar problem on UNIX systems with FTP. My solution was to send
a second little file after first one. As I know, FTP works in synchronous
mode. So if the same task from the sender sends 2 files one after the
other, second file will arrive only when the first one's transfer has
ended. So when second file is present on receiver, first transfer must be
complete."

Fiona




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