On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 03:18:44PM -0400, Mark Freeze wrote: > The way I need my script to read will not allow for picking up part of > a file then picking the rest of the file up later, unless by later you > guys mean later like a couple of ms later. My script would need to do > the following things: > > after I download. Downloading a second file behind the first sounds > like a good idea. I'd just have to have the script check that > condition before continuing. How would I go about checking the file > size on the remote machine before download to detect things like > failed transfers, etc... ?
Continuing on with this thought, I would put the file size into the "semaphore" file, and check it on your "server" after downloading everything. You could also put a small amount of other information into this same file without significantly impacting the "instantaneous" nature of the second file transfer. Brian
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