old question : same problem

[Ken Langendock]

Along time ago in a magazine far far away we found an article call CRON
for VAX in VaxProfessional Magazine.
I think this was 1987 if memory serves me correctly

We manually entered that program in and created a CRON process to do
just what you asked.
It would wake up every minute and check if anything existed in a
directory, if there was something it submitted a batch job with the file
name it found.
Sorry I do not have that utility around anymore, but somebody might have
it.

Ken


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From: powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com] On
Behalf Of Etienne Rompré
Sent: January 8, 2007 3:20 PM
To: powerh-l at sowder.com
Subject: old question : same problem


Hi to all!

It might be related to Powerhouse or not but I give it a shot!
Tools availables
PH 8.4 VMS
Cobol on VMS
OpenVms 7.3
RMS file
flat Text file

The problem:
A client send one or more text file via ftp. 
The name will always be different. 
I can't process the file 2 time.
The FTP process can't rename the file to NATWRRN.TXT since there might 
be 2 files at the same time.

Question:
Is there a way in powerhouse or in VMS to know automaticaly when a file 
is written in a directory and be able to process that file by name?  Or 
start a COM that could rename the file automaticaly when the file is 
written and then start a QTP to import the file with a fixed name?

Thanks!

Etienne Rompré
Koala-Tech

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