On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 08:25:09PM -0700, Rick Commo wrote: > > Given that a W2k client copies a large file into a samba share on a > > Linux server, how can a process (e.g. shell script) that will read this > > file wait until the file is totally transfered? > . > . > . > One alternative is to use a "semaphore" file. Have the NT app create a file > named, say "busy", just prior to starting the transfer of the big file. > Once the big file is transferred the NT box erases "busy". The shell script > would be written so that if the "busy" file exists, it doesn't touch the big > file. > And if you can't do that, just have the script checksum the file every 5 secs, and if it hasn't changed for 10 secs, you're probably set.
Use the suggestion from Rick first though. Mike