Trap the writing of a file in a directory in Powerhouse

[Etienne Rompr é]

Hi,

This is not an option since we are not the owner or operator of the other
system.  I wouldn't thrust them that much.

Etienne

> What is the external system?  After each FTP, could it run a remote command to
> kick off a DCL procedure, passing the file name as a parameter, that then runs
> your PH application?  We do this here, from an AS/400 as well as another
> OpenVMS machine.
> 
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> Subject: Trap the writing of a file in a directory in Powerhouse
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Powerhouse 8.4
> Openvms
> 
> He is the scenario,
> 
> A external system will send a file via FTP with a different name every 15
> min or more.  I need to read this file and process it in our application.
> 
> I know I can use a dec library to determine if a file is written in a
> directory and then run the program but I was wondering if Powerhouse had
> something like that internally.
> 
> Thanks!
>