[mdlug] Run scrip on file arrival

[Michael ORourke]

The incrond utility might work for you.  However, you didn't specify if the 
target system was the NFS server, or a client.  I believe it can only 
monitor local filesystems (inodes).  So the incrond solution may not work 
for you.  Basically it is a cron-like utility which is triggered by 
filesystem events.  I've tested it on a CentOS box and it seems to work 
well.

Reference:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-inotify-examples-to-replicate-directories/

-Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Green" <Stan at mcomputersolutions.com>
To: "MDLUG" <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 8:53 PM
Subject: [mdlug] Run scrip on file arrival


>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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