Hi brothers,

I want to ask you for some idea how to made this:
I wrote some script which using Net::FTP to transfer file from dir to ftp site. So when script start it check folder if there any files for transfer, connect and login to tfp server and put files to it. Script is scheduled to be started each hour. Script can be also called from URL to give users chance to start transfer manually.
And now question:
1. If script was started by scheduler I want to forbid run it again - from user interface and vice versa. This should be done by some temporary file in which script can write if it allready running and check this file everytime when it start. - But if you have better idea.......

2. sometimes (in Europe very often :-) ) transfer failed. Is there any way how to watch if transfer is still alive and if not abort transfer, quit, login and start transfer again... I check documentation to Net::FTP, but didn't found anything which should help....

Thank you very much for answer.
Perl bless you and happy Easter.

Li Tin O've Weedle
mad Tsort's philosopher

In reply to How control Net::FTP transfer by LiTinOveWeedle

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