Wait until file doesn't exist

Andrew · #1 05-12-2005, 05:34 AM

Is there an easy way to wait until a file does no longer exist? (It gets deleted by another process)

kevina · #2 05-12-2005, 09:16 AM

Currently the Wait Action doesn't provide a way to do that, but here is a simple script step that does what you are looking for (although not as efficiently).

We will consider adding this capability to the Wait Action in a future version of Visual Build Professional.

kinook · #3 06-04-2005, 04:21 PM

attached

Andrew · #4 06-13-2005, 01:31 AM

Thanks a lot, that helped alot. Now I wonder is there something similar that I could use for a file on an FTP server?

The file in question is very small so I guess an FTP get in a loop could do it.

kinook · #5 06-13-2005, 08:48 AM

Yes, if it's a small file, set up a loop to periodically retrieve it and exit the loop if that fails. See attached example.