Wait_for_file

[randy]

How does the Wait_for_file stage work?
If the file is large and takes a couple of minutes to ftp, does the wff stage just look for the name or will it somehow know when the whole file is there?

Thanks
Randy

[chulett]

It will fire when it first sees the file, complete or not. That's why most people would use a 'flag' file ftp'd after the completion of the large file to actually trigger the load.

[kris007]

Just to add, hence, you would be actually waiting for the 'flag' file and then start your loading or whatever process you want to do with the actual file.