[Phpwm] file upload complete?

[alan dunn]

the files are coming in via FTP, they are not being posted from a form.

Here is the solution your thoughts have triggered:
the application uploads the zip file (say) 765-5.zip. when that is 
complete it sends an empty file called 765-5.end

Our Cron job looks for ****.end files. When we find one, use the 765-5 
to go and look for the appropriate zip file.

Seems pretty safe -  somebody shoot us down!

Thanks for your input, alan dunn


Phil Beynon wrote:
>> We have zip files being uploaded to an FTP folder from various laptops.
>> We then plan to open those files using a cron job. My concern is that we
>> shouldn't try to open and process a file before upload is complete.
>>
>> Is it OK to just use  feof = true going to do this or do we need to be
>> more thorough?
>>
>> Are there methods of monitoring a file to see when upload is complete
>> and then switching on the next stage of the process?
>>
>> thanks, alan dunn
>
> Are they being uploaded as native FTP or via a form submission from a 
> page, in which case you can capture the upload size as a variable and 
> use it to compare against.
>
> There is a way with .zip files of ensuring their integrity and 
> contents by parsing the file headers, I'm pretty sure this gives the 
> file size in bytes / embedded file names at creation point.
>
>
> Phil
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