>Is there any way in VFP6.0 that you can check if a file has finished writing to a directory? We have a program that checks a directory to see if a file has been FTPed in.
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>I am looking for a way to determine that the file has completed it’s transfer and it is now safe to move or use.

Some thoughts off the top of my head:
- try to move or rename it. If VFP throws an error it is still downloading
- get sending program to do something to indicate that the transfer is done. Something like transfer a 2nd file with the same name but with a .DNE extension so that you know the original is done.