[NTLUG:Discuss] How to know when files have finished FTPing?

[Thomas Cameron (Red Hat)]

Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I have a server set up for a client to push files
> onto using FTP.
> 
> I have a cron job to process the files and then
> move them to another directory.
> 
> Sometimes, the cron job executes while the client
> is still uploading the file (Some of them can be large)
> and I get a partial file.
> 
> Is there a way to tell when a file has finished
> uploading?
> 
> I am using CentOS 5 with the vsftpd daemon installed
> using yum.

Transfers don't get logged to /var/log/xferlog until they are completed.
 I used this info to create a script which does exactly what you
describe.  Once the file appears in /var/log/xferlog, it is ready to be
moved.

Hope this helps.
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