Ok,
So if I check the file exists, then read it in I'm going to check the last
line as I know what should be on it. If it's not I want to wait 10 seconds
and then retry. Sorry, but I didn't really understand the bit below,
especially the creation of some java object.
Thanks,
Karl O'Sullivan
Senior Analyst Programmer
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Tel: 024 7660 2020 x7578
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> ----------
> From: Douglas Humphris[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 16 October 2002 16:48
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Forcing a job to wait / file attributes
>
> Karl,
>
> I think I got this UDF/Custom Tag from Spike's blog a few weeks ago:
>
> <CFPARAM name="attributes.milliseconds" default="1">
>
> <CFSCRIPT>
> function sleep(timeMillis) {
> var thread = createObject("java", "java.lang.Thread");
> thread.sleep(timeMillis);
> }
> sleep(#attributes.milliseconds#);
> </CFSCRIPT>
>
> it causes the process to "sleep" for the specified no of milliseconds.
>
> HTH Douglas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Osullivan Karl (RKB) Senior Analyst/Programmer
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 16 October 2002 16:45
> To: 'CF - Development Group'
> Subject: [ cf-dev ] Forcing a job to wait / file attributes
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm using CFFILE to grab a spooled text file so I can grab out certain
> fields and then populate a table.
>
> How do I ensure that the file I'm grabbing is complete, and not still
> being
> written to? Also, if it is being written to, how can I force the page to
> wait for, say 5 seconds, and then try again?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karl.
>
> Karl O'Sullivan
> Senior Analyst Programmer
> University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
> Tel: 024 7660 2020 x7578
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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