Folder Actions technical questions
Folder Actions technical questions
- Subject: Folder Actions technical questions
- From: Mark Siple <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:53:16 -0500
- Thread-topic: Folder Actions technical questions
I'm a longtime scripter but first-time poster. In setting up a few folder
actions to process files on a pair of Xserves running 10.3.5, I have a few
technical questions:
1. The first folder action will process files that arrive via FTP. Will
System Events test for the file transmission to be complete before running
the attached script or does my script need to do handle that (ie loop until
the file is the same size for x seconds)?
2. If my script has to test for completeness, do I need to use a lock file
to prevent System Events from running the script against a particular file
more than once?
3. At least one of these folder actions will be attached to a folder on the
attached Xserv RAID array. When failover of the RAID occurs between the
servers, what needs to be done to have the the new server with the RAID run
the folder action? Is it enough to simply have System Events running on both
servers all the time? If System Events needs to be notified, can it be done
via shell or Applescripting?
4. Are Folder Actions pretty robust or should I restart them, say, once a
day (during an offtime)?
Thanx. Mark.
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Mark Siple <email@hidden>
Systems Administrator
The Columbus Dispatch
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