On Monday October 2 2006 9:03 pm, Sara wrote:
> I am copying/moving files from an FTP folder to other folders on server.
> The script reads the files and copy/move to separate folders etc. No
> problem till this point.
>
> Now the problem is that users are constantly uploading files to this folder
> using FTP client. The script is invoked using cron after every 10-15 mins,
> now what will be the fate of the files that are in the upload process when
> the script is invoked?
>
> Yes, these files are copied and moved what was uploaded till that point,
> means corrupt files.
>
> How I can avoid it? that script should leave those files which are being
> uploaded at the time it was invoked.
>
> ######### Start of Subroutine #############
>
> sub copy_files {
> use File::Copy;
> while (glob ("*.mp3")) {
> copy("home/uploads/$_", "home/backup/$_");
> move("home/uploads/$_", "home/music/$_");
> }
> }
>
> ######################################
>
> Thanks,
> Sara.you should be locking these files wile your working with them so they can't be accessed by other processes until your done with them. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
