Brian: Exactly! 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 Brian Mathis > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:23 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [centos] how to know when files have finished > ftping?--antairrestored > > Such a method requires the client to change their process, which in > most cases is unacceptable. > > > On Nov 12, 2007 4:07 PM, Colht, Charles > <Charles.Colht at acsalaska.com> wrote: > > Just to chime in here, what I use is another file that is > transferred > > last. It can be zero sized. Just some name you look for and > then delete > > when you are done for next time. It doesn't matter how long that one > > takes because you will know that the important files are already > > transferred. > > > > chuck > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > > Behalf Of Neil Aggarwal > > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 7:28 AM > > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > > Subject: RE: [centos] how to know when files have finished ftping? > > --antairrestored > > > > > > Geoff: > > > > I used lsof. > > > > Thanks everyone for the suggestions. > > > > Neil > > > > > Here's a thought: what about doing an lsof? If a file is > > > still being written by ftpd it should be open for writing. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos