Determining when a file has finished copying

[Manuel Vazquez Acosta]

Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 09Jul2008 15:54, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>> The solution my team has used is to monitor the file size.  If the file  
>> has stopped growing for x amount of time (we use 45 seconds) the file is  
>> done copying.  Not elegant, but it works.
> 
> If you know that files appear in sequence (a single serial upload
> process, not multiple uploaders) you can augument this with a check
> that an additional file has started to upload, ergo the current file
> has finished. Of course, only you can decide if this might be relied upon.
> 
> Cheers,

Hum, what about the last file in the sequence?

I think polling file's size maybe a good indicator, as Ethan proposed.

Best regards,
Manuel.