File system events via ftp

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Yuri2012-10-15 15:42:41

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Yuri, 2012-10-15 15:42:41

I ask you to help with advice dear habrosoobshchestvo.
There is such a task: to monitor the folder for the appearance of new files. Those. as soon as a new file appears in the folder, we run the script to copy this file to the local folder. The nuance is that the folder is located on a remote server, and access there via ftp. Is it feasible in principle (practically unlimited in funds)?
Thanks in advance to all who respond.

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J_o_k_e_R, 2012-10-15
@J_o_k_e_R

Do you need it immediately after the appearance? wget won't run once a minute?
Can't install the software on the server? I would swap client and server roles in this case.
And yes, there is a problem of underwritten files. Someone uploads or copies a file locally on the server to a monitored folder. The file will be "changed" permanently. How do you at least theoretically propose to determine only with the help of the client to track the fact of uploading a file? Without tracking xferlog on the server, no way.

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jov, 2012-10-15
@jov

inotify / inotify-tools

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Duron700, 2012-10-15
@Duron700

allwaysync.com/ - can copy from ftp

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relgames, 2012-10-15
@relgames

Head-on option - poll the ftp server every second, copy new files

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029ah, 2012-10-16
@029ah

lftp can synchronize a remote directory with a local one.
Here is a good example - serverfault.com/questions/24622/how-to-use-rsync-over-ftp

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Alexey Akulovich, 2012-10-16
@AterCattus

Some ftp servers are able to call a predefined script at the end of a file upload. Here you need to look at which server is being used.

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aqwAntonio, 2013-02-05
@aqwAntonio

rsync-?