Re: Job Triggering on FTP Completion

[Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have the first processing job your scheduler submits be one that checks 
for the existence of the last file xmitted.  If it is not there then do 
a delay job for nnn minutes and repeat the check.

Because a file might exist but the xmission might not be complete a more 
failsafe method would be for your FTP partner to xmit a ftpdone file as 
a checkpoint and then trigger your processing on that file.

Jerry

Brian Piotrowski wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Are there any processes or method in the 400 that will cause a job to be executed once an FTP job has been completed?  We have one of our suppliers send us a series of FTP files that we process at a set time through the job scheduler.  Although the file transfers end usually at a specific time, there are times where the file is delayed and it might not finish until later.  We are looking to execute a processing job as soon as the last file is transferred to us.  So with that said, what's the easiest way to accomplish this task?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /b;
>
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