Shawn: Thanks for the tip, but I don't think I can ask the client to provide md5s of the input files. That would be too much to ask. Any other ideas? Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (832)245-7314, www.JAMMConsulting.com Eliminate junk email and reclaim your inbox. Visit http://www.spammilter.com for details. > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Shawn Everett > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:04 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] How to know when files have finished FTPing? > > > Is there a way to tell when a file has finished > > uploading? > > > > One thought that comes to mind is to upload a file containing > the md5sums > of the other files. > > Your script would then read the check file and compare the > md5sum of each > file with the one recorded in the check file. Good files are > copied, bad > files are left until the next time. > > Shawn > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos