Joe,
    That's a great idea, thanks!

Chad

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dunne, Joe" <jdunne@[...].COM> 
To: <DOTNET@[...].COM> 
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Monitoring "last write" for a given file


>  Chad,
>  Last time I had a similar problem I got the other side to send two files,
>  the second containing no data. Detect the second file (known naming
>  convention with timestamp) and you know the first is already uploaded.
>  HTH
>  joe
> 
> 
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Chad Osgood [mailto:cosgood@[...].COM]
>  Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:05 PM
>  To: DOTNET@[...].COM
>  Subject: [DOTNET] Monitoring "last write" for a given file
> 
> 
>  It's simple enough for me to use the FileSystemWatcher class to detect
when
>  a file is modified, but my problem is a bit more complex.  We have files
>  that are being uploaded to us via ftp on a scheduled basis.  What I need
to
>  be able to do, is detect when the upload is complete so that I can take
>  action on the file.  I can't simply monitor the size, as I'll be notified
of
>  a change before the entire file has been uploaded.  Is there a way for me
to
>  monitor the handle count of a given process/file through any of the base
>  classes?  If I could monitor the handle count, I would be able to discern
>  when a file was first opened, then closed.  Perhaps there's another way to
>  accomplish the same goal?  I'd appreciate any opinions.
> 
>  For the curious, this will be a windows service that will monitor the
>  incoming ftp directory for file changes, so that batched data can be
updated
>  via a DTS/BCP in SQL Server 2k.
> 
>  Thanks!
>  Chad
> 
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