Re: [PLUG] check for a file being transmitted via ftp

[Doug Stewart <zamoose@gmail.com>]

Does `lsof | grep filename` not work?

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Doug Stewart

> On Mar 25, 2014, at 2:05 PM, "Eric at Lucii.org" <eric@lucii.org> wrote:
> 
> I expect a file to be routinely transmitted to me via ftp.  A bash script,
> invoked as a cron job, will process and then archive that ftp file.
> 
> All of that is easy/routine.
> 
> My question is: how do I know that the file is complete?  I don't want to
> start processing the file without being sure that the ftp process is done.
> 
> I thought about checking the size of the file in bytes and then comparing that
> to it's size 1 minute earlier... if it's not growing then it's probably done.
> But, that's just *probably* as ftp could be stalled temporarily or worse.
> 
> I have also considered about using inotify cron (incron) but I expect that it
> would be triggered at the file's creation - not when it's time for me to
> process it.
> 
> Thanks
> Eric
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