Wait for file

[vinothkumar]

Hi,
I have to start a sequence repeatedly if any file arrives at a particular location. I tried to do by using a WaitForFile stage by giving the file name as *.*. It is not working. How can we do this ?

[betterthanever]

[quote="vinothkumar"]Hi,
I have to start a sequence repeatedly if any file arrives at a particular location. I tried to do by using a WaitForFile stage by giving the file name as *.*. It is not working. How can we do this ?[/quote]

did you give the complete path in the file name ??

[vinothkumar]

I gave full path. Instead of giving file name I gave *.*.
But it didnt work..

I gave xx/xx/*.*

[betterthanever]

[quote="vinothkumar"]I gave full path. Instead of giving file name I gave *.*.
But it didnt work..

I gave xx/xx/*.*[/quote]

i presume that you compiled the job and ran the job so that the job waits till any file available in the specified path

is that what you are doing???

[vinothkumar]

Even I keep any dummy file in that location to test, it is not working. If we give exact file name in Wait for File stage it is working.

[betterthanever]

[quote="vinothkumar"]Even I keep any dummy file in that location to test, it is not working. If we give exact file name in Wait for File stage it is working.[/quote]

since it searches for the name of the file name literally...that is why it is waiting...

[ray.wurlod]

Create a server routine that can wait for *.* or timeout, and use a Routine activity rather than a Wait For File activity.

[chulett]

Just to nit pick, in UNIX *.* won't match any file like it would on Windows, it will match any file with a "dot" in the name. Stick with a single asterisk in your routine.