[mdlug] Run scrip on file arrival

Stan Green Stan at mcomputersolutions.com
Mon Feb 28 20:53:57 EST 2011


I have two Debian systems; one user system and one server. The first system is 
used to create files. It includes a script that copies the video file to the 
other system for processing and storage. The copy is done over NFS. The hard 
part seems to be staring the processing on the file only after is is fully on 
the other box. I would rather not do a time based process due to issues with 
the file being still being copied. My thought was to create a small file and 
send it after I send the main file. This way the script could run every 5min 
and wait for the small file to arrive. It could then process all the video 
files and delete the small file. I have seen this type of setup used before and 
it seems to work. However is there a better way to accomplish this task?

Thanks,
Stan Green



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