On 10Jul2008 13:20, Manuel Vazquez Acosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Cameron Simpson wrote: | > On 09Jul2008 15:54, Ethan Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >> The solution my team has used is to monitor the file size. If the file | >> has stopped growing for x amount of time (we use 45 seconds) the file is | >> done copying. Not elegant, but it works. | > | > If you know that files appear in sequence (a single serial upload | > process, not multiple uploaders) you can augument this with a check | > that an additional file has started to upload, ergo the current file | > has finished. Of course, only you can decide if this might be relied upon. | | Hum, what about the last file in the sequence? | I think polling file's size maybe a good indicator, as Ethan proposed.
Hence the word "augument". It may let you short circuit the time delay, if a new file appears. Obviously it's not enough on its own. -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list