Files to be moved when save is completed

Maurizio · July 22, 2004, 2:30am

I’d like to know if anybody can contribute to solve this:
I receive image files into a folder on a network. I’d like to use a script to move these files to a different folder when they arrive. I have developed a monitoring and moving script for the folder but sometimes, the file I am trying to move is still locked because is still in the “saving” phase.

Thanks

Maurizio

swwarmuth · July 22, 2004, 2:49am

hmm… i’m not sure exactly what you mean, but if it is just taking a little extra time, put “Delay x” into the script, where x is the number of seconds to wait before continuing. i hope that helps

julifos · July 22, 2004, 7:49am

You can check the size of the file and (if after 2 seconds, for example) it is the same than the previous one, move on. Or you can adjust and use a handler similar to this one:

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isBusy
Checks if you can write to a file or not (if it is opened for access by other process).

Parameters:
f: file path, alias, posix path

Example:
isBusy(“path:to:file.txt”) → false
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to [color=#DD0000]isBusy/color
set f to f as Unicode text
if f does not contain “:” then set f to POSIX file f as Unicode text
[b]if[/b] busy status [b]of[/b] (info for alias [color=#DD0000]f[/color]) [b]then return[/b] true

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[b]try[/b]
    open for access file [color=#DD0000]f[/color] [b]with[/b] write permission
    close access result
    [b]return[/b] false
[b]on error[/b]
    [b]return[/b] true
[b]end try[/b]
end isBusy