Re: monitor for the existence of a file on the IFS

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Wouldn't you also have to check to see if there is a lock on that object?

Example:
Customer ftp's a quasiedi file to you.
Your program checks for it's existence.  It's there so it processes it.
Hark!  They are still sending it!  Egads!  What happens?

Rob Berendt
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"Richard B Baird" <rbaird@esourceconsulting.com>
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Hey all,

I'm looking for a way to have an NEP batch job periodically (say, every 5
min or so) monitor for the existence of a file (any file, any name) in a
specific folder on the IFS.

what I want to do is to monitor for a situation - a user moves/copies a
file into a folder on the ifs - and have that action start a process where
the as/400 uploads the file, deletes it off the ifs and processes the
file.

most if this stuff is pretty basic, but the piece i'm clueless about is
how
an rpg program (or clp, or whatever) can go looking for files in the IFS,
without knowing the name.  The file could be named anything, but then I
will need to determine that name so I can upload it to the 400 (via
cpyfrmimpf).

any ideas?

thanks,

Rick

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