Script to copy files not in progress of being copied

Hi,
I have a batchfile that copies files in a directory to another directory.
Files are being copied to the source directory and I don´t want the copy to
include files in progress of being copied. How do I do this?

Regards Lars

"Lars" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have a batchfile that copies files in a directory to another directory.
> Files are being copied to the source directory and I don´t want the copy
> to include files in progress of being copied. How do I do this?
>
> Regards Lars

Depending on the method used for copying, files that are
being copied will be locked and won't be touched by the
second copy process.

It might help if you were a little more specific and gave
full details about the two concurrent copy processes.

Thanx for you answer Pegasus,

We have a scanner that creates a PDF in an Incoming folder.
A script runs in the Incoming folder that splits multipage PDF files
to multiple files in an Outgoing folder and deletes the original file in
the Incoming folder. This works great until there´s a file in progress
being copied/created in the Incoming folder. To avoid these problems
I´m gonna copy the files in the Incoming folder to a Working folder and
run the script in thata folder instead. I just need the copy to exclude
any files being transfered by the scanner.

Regards Lars
"Pegasus (MVP)" <> wrote in message
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> "Lars" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>> I have a batchfile that copies files in a directory to another directory.
>> Files are being copied to the source directory and I don´t want the copy
>> to include files in progress of being copied. How do I do this?
>>
>> Regards Lars
>
> Depending on the method used for copying, files that are
> being copied will be locked and won't be touched by the
> second copy process.
>
> It might help if you were a little more specific and gave
> full details about the two concurrent copy processes.
>

Perhaps a copy process with an inbuilt "wait" function would do the trick:

sSourceName = "d:\temp"
sTargetName = "c:\"
iDelay = 5 'Minutes

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

For Each oFile In objFSO.GetFolder(sSourceName).Files
If DateDiff("n", oFile.DateLastModified, Now) > iDelay Then
oFile.Copy sTargetName
End If
Next


"Lars" <> wrote in message
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> Thanx for you answer Pegasus,
>
> We have a scanner that creates a PDF in an Incoming folder.
> A script runs in the Incoming folder that splits multipage PDF files
> to multiple files in an Outgoing folder and deletes the original file in
> the Incoming folder. This works great until there´s a file in progress
> being copied/created in the Incoming folder. To avoid these problems
> I´m gonna copy the files in the Incoming folder to a Working folder and
> run the script in thata folder instead. I just need the copy to exclude
> any files being transfered by the scanner.
>
> Regards Lars
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "Lars" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a batchfile that copies files in a directory to another
>>> directory.
>>> Files are being copied to the source directory and I don´t want the copy
>>> to include files in progress of being copied. How do I do this?
>>>
>>> Regards Lars
>>
>> Depending on the method used for copying, files that are
>> being copied will be locked and won't be touched by the
>> second copy process.
>>
>> It might help if you were a little more specific and gave
>> full details about the two concurrent copy processes.
>>
>