On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 18:48 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:45:12 -0500, Leonard Sasso wrote: > > >The following worked great: > > > >lcd /local/zos/directory/for/file > >get remote.file > >!chmod 644 remote.file > > > When I use FTP to transfer files intended to be read > by an automated or asynchronous process, I always move > to a temporary file, then rename. This eliminates any > possibility of the asynchronous process's observing a > transfer in progress and getting invalid data. > > -- gil >
We use that method too. We also use a "trigger file" method where we ftp the real data, then ftp a very small file. The remote system knows the first file is complete when the second one appears. In addition, we have a different ftp server called "Beyond FTP" which integrates scripting so that it can do things after it successfully receives/sends a file. On Linux, you could use inotify or ProFTPD to do something similar. -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
