Re: Adding Items Delay
Re: Adding Items Delay
- Subject: Re: Adding Items Delay
- From: Emmett Gray <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 10:26:30 -0400
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 20:48:23 +0000, John Futhey <email@hidden> wrote:
I have a watched folder script that kicks into gear when items are added to
a folder. It copies items to another folder inside this folder as soon as
they are added.
Because this folder is on a server, users are waiting for these added files
so they can open them and alter them. As soon as they see them, they are
grabbing them before the script has a chance to copy them. Thus the script
says the file is busy when it attempts to copy it. Is there a way to copy
them immediately so that users can't pre-empt the script?
What I would do is to change the drop folder where the files are
getting placed to a folder off-limits to users. Then copy the files
and then move them into the user-accessible folder. I don't see any
other way to guarantee that you are the first to get to them.
-Emmett