Wait for file to completely copy

[dfr574]

Hello,

I'm using php to process files on a server. The problem is the scripts grab the files before they are completely copied over the network.

example

if(file_exists("./filename.eps"){
do(........process file)
}

This is what I was thinking but it doesn't work for some reason

if(file_exists("./filename.eps"){
          $size = filesize("./filename.eps");

  while($size != $size2){
           $size = filesize("./filename.eps");
  sleep(1);
           $size2 = filesize("./filename.eps");
	}
do(........process file)
}

any idea's or suggestions?

thank you

[tsinka]

Hi,

are the files copied from a windows pc to the server ? This might not work because the size of the file will be the final size as soon as windows starts to copy the file. So checking if the size changes doesn't work. Change your code to check the mtime instead.

Try the function filemtime (or fileatime or filectime, whichever works) which returns a unix timestamp and wait until it doesn't change anymore (additionally, try to increase the sleep time to e.g. 2 seconds).

Thomas

[dfr574]

Thank you.

That works perfect.

Thanks again.