I need to run a script that checks to see if a large directory has finished copying onto my FreeBSD hosted Samba server. My script currently uses 'du -s' to check the directory size. My problem is that the check can occur while the directory is still being copied, so the du commend takes a long time before it returns a size. I'm guessing that the reason for this is that du recursively checks subfolders and files then totals the size, but when the directory in question is still growing from an external source the du command is in catch-up mode and continues its recursion until it has outpaced the arrival of the new subdirectories/files. Is there any way to see a quick snapshot of a file size, I hate to say this, but for example on a Windows box you can start a folder/directory copy and if you click on the new folder at any time during the copy you will see what Windows thinks is the size at that time but by hitting refresh you will see the size increase.
Thanks -Randy _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
