On 27 Dec 2000, at 12:11, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> I would do that (and have done it in several projects) using opendir()
> and readdir(). Open the directory, read entry by entry, when you find
> a file you want, process it and unlink() it. Get to the end of the dir,
> sleep, repeat.
Thanks for that.
Do you have code I can use as a starting position?
> DJB's Maildir concept is based on having two directories - a temporary
> one where files are created and then atomically move/rename'd to
> the real one. This works best when the tempdir and the real dir are
> located on the same filesystem, and you can use the rename() syscall.
At present the files are created through procmail like this:
|/usr/bin/perl $HOME/process_cvs_mail.pl > ~/msgs/$FILE
I guess I could add a rename.
cheers
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