Laris Benkis wrote: > > We have a system in place where clients drop off files via FTP to a > wu-ftp server which are then processed automatically by scripts. Files > have to be processed relatively quickly for the application to work > properly therefore the convention we have developed is to indicate end > of transmission by doing a rename of the file once the initial put is done. > We are trying to tighten the security of the whole process and want to > use FW1 ftp resources to limit where puts can be done. Unfortunately it > turns out that when the ftp resources are used it is no longer possible to > do rename. > > The question I have then, is anybody doing something similar to this? > What is a reliable, transparent way to tell that an ftp transmission has > been completed? > Have a process check the xfer-log that wu-ftpd produces. Voila, you get a notification whenever a file transfer ends. Dave
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