I have a need to implement a drop folder upload mechanism for secure uploading of files to a server. At first glance this appears that it would be an easy application to write. Then I begin to think about the race conditions that exist between the process that will wake up to upload the files and the fact that the user can add additional files to the drop folder at any point in time. I would like to clear out files/folders after they have been processed but it is possible that while the background process was uploading files, the user added additional files/folders to the drop folder that make the deletion of folders impossible. This project has become significantly more complex than it appeared at first. Anyone out there have any "sage" advice on how to tackle this beast?
Thanks in advance for any pointers. Regards, Larry Bates -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
