Re: How to COPY (not transfer) a file on a remote server using FTP

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:09 PM, CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My perception is... The wrong question [i.e. the subject] is
being asked. If the file is not ready, then even if the
application were updated to make a copy of the file
after its updates were complete, then the file to be
retrieved [by GET] would still not be ready.? Is not the
real question to be asked, "What happens when the data
is not available from the server?" Is there any significant
difference between "unavailable due to locking" versus
"unavailable due to not existing", as far as the GET
requester is concerned?

The Real World is a messy place, and this is absolutely different in
many real-world situations. Worlds apart different. The fact of the
matter is, the locking application could very well just have been
carelessly written, so that it is really, goodly, honestly, truly done
from a logical/functional standpoint... but simply never released the
lock.

I'm not saying that this will be the case in every situation. But I
trust the OP to be able to recognize whether or not this is the case.
And yes, absolutely, the best solution would be to find out why the
process is no longer releasing the lock, and get it fixed. But if
that is not possible, or if it will take a long time, then *in the
meantime*, it would be really nice to at least be able to read the
data that is there.

John Y.