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On Tuesday 11 July 2006 09:37, Neil Stone wrote: > Unless there is a better way....? > > Using proftpd on Debian stable right now. dnotify is your friend (although it only recently made an apperance in kernel proper, so don't know about debian stable) dnotify --create /path/to/directory -e /script/to/run only problem is, dnotify is triggered upon various actions (create, delete, modify etc - see man dnotify). however, you want to know when the file is nologner being written to. best bet it is a script to use dnotify to learn of creations, then poll at regular intervals until file size if no longer changing, or even better, no processes have file open. if you're feeling really adventurous, then take a look at FUSE. ~ Theo -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html