Howard, Why not simply copy the files instead of moving them? You can run a scheduled task to clean up your processing directory once a day or something.
Craig. -----Original Message----- From: Owens, Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 December 2002 01:33 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFGurus ... your advice sought Hey, my boss ... who's not even a programmer ... came up with a good idea . check the file size before processing, and move big files to another folder for manual processing later. I decided to go in that direction. It this case, it's a workable solution. H. > -----Original Message----- > From: Owens, Howard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 3:19 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFGurus ... your advice sought > > I've thought storing the info in a database record ... > > Would there be some way to use CFCatch to say ... "ok, record this error > and > move on ... keeping looping through the directory ... pick up the next > image > in line and work with it ..." > > ? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Fregas [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 1:24 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: CFGurus ... your advice sought > > > > The type of app you are trying to make would be better suited to a NET > > windows service I think since you need this to run on a scheduled basis > > and > > synchronize when things happen. However, I realize that might not be > > desireable or possible. > > > > I have some ideas but let me get some more info. Could you maybe > database > > which files completed successfully and which were "Bad"? If so, you > could > > have this occur in two scheduled tasks. The first would conver the > images > > and store their filenames in a database (or XML or WDDX) as to whether > the > > conversion was successful. The second task could run one minute or 5 > > minutes later (hopefully, imagemagic will have removed its lock on the > > files > > by then) and attempt to either move or delete all files that the > database > > says are completed or "bad". If it succeeds, it could then mark the > > database record for each file as complete or just delete the record. If > > you > > want, you could even put a CFTRY/CFCATCH block around the second task > and > > do > > some kind of logging or something on files that are unable to be cleaned > > up. > > > > Fregas > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
