Isn't there some way to see if the file is still open by someone else? On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Naouak <[email protected]> wrote:
> So the best way would be to check whether the file is still growing to > start the process. > I will do that. > > Thanks for the answer. > > Naouak, Grade 2 de Kobal. > Site web: http://www.naouak.net > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 20:39, fent <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you don't know the file size, you could use node-growing-file >> https://github.com/felixge/node-growing-file >> >> It uses a timeout to determine if a file is finished growing or not. >> >> >> On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:11:29 PM UTC-7, Naouak wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> My aim is to do an automatic operation on files dropped into a directory >>> over the network. >>> >>> To be sure that no one try to modify that file during the execution of >>> the operation, I want to move it from the drop area to another dir. With >>> fs.watch I'm able to tell when a new file arrives with the rename event. >>> The problem is when the transfer is not fast enough, I will get the event >>> before the file has finished transfer. >>> >>> So my question is : Is there a way to know if transfer is done before >>> doing anything ? >>> >>> Thanks for your answers, >>> >>> Naouak, Grade 2 de Kobal. >>> Site web: http://www.naouak.net >>> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
