"Mihir Kamdar" schreef: > There is a parent directory where the input files will be stored. > These files will keep on coming into the parent directory. There is a > child directory where these input files will just get touched(0 byte > files).
You might be able to change this to creating (and filling) the files in a tmp directory, and move them to the processing directory once they are finished. Then there is no need to have those 0-bytes flag files. A bit like how a maildir works. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/