On 19-Dec-99 David Miller wrote:
> Hello all:)
> 
> I'm looking for an alternate ftpd which allows me to take certain
> (configurable) actions based on the receipt of certain files.  For exmple,
> I want to "process" a tar file full of jpg images upon receipt.
> 
> I know there are alternatives.  I can run swatch on the log file or
> torture syslog to piping its output into something, but I think these are
> all ugly kludges.  

speaking of kludgies, I run a cron job

ash.root# cat check_ftp
#!/bin/sh
cd /root
LIST=`find /usr/ftp/incoming -newer .time.ftp -print`
if [ -n "$LIST" ]
then
  echo $LIST | mail -s "new ftp files" root
fi
touch .time.ftp

Regards,
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