Hi,
We are about to implement MFT 10.3. One feature I can’t seem to find in the documentation is file locking.
Can MFT prevent and end system picking up a file whilst it is still being written? The requirement is to use MFT to accept inbound files and write them to a filesystem. The are numerous batch jobs that will then pick up those files and do further processing. Those scripts have no smarts to check increments in file size or date/time changes. I need MFT to either lock the file or can I get it to add a .tmp extension whilst writing out the file and then rename when done?
Whatever feature I use, it needs to appear invisible to the end users. Eg if they send a file called acme.zip to a directory \target\files that cannot change. MFT would need to rename to acme.zip.tmp whilst writing the file, invisible to the user.
Any assistance greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Steve