Vista - Flag or reserve a file

I have a file watcher that I have written and I need to find a way to
flag or reserve a file as being "watched" so that the same filewatcher
doesn't try to process it again. I would appreciate any ideas of how
to do this.
I have tried renaming the file but if the file is in use via an FTP, I
have to go into a sleep mode until the file is completely transferred
and if the polling interval overlaps, the filewatcher tries to process
the same file again.

Best Regards,
Gil.

"Gil" <gilbertcardenas@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:b9e7a01a-db9a-4b56-87d4-b6047fcde7a1@xxxxxxLet's have a look at your file watcher.

Gil wrote:I agree with foxidrive, we need to see what your code is actually doing. In
the mean time, you could try my IsFileInUse function in your script in a
loop. If file is not in use, simply Exit the loop. You may want to include a
breif Sleep delay to allow the ftp process more cpu cycles.

Dim filespec
filespec = "watchedfile.txt" 'File to check

If IsFileInUse(filespec) Then
MsgBox filespec & " is in use."
Else
MsgBox filespec & " is NOT in use."
End If

Wscript.Quit

Function IsFileInUse(filespec)
Dim fso, f, tmp
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
IsFileInUse = False
If (fso.FileExists(filespec)) Then
On Error Resume Next
Set f = fso.OpenTextFile(filespec, 8): f.Close
If Err.Number Then IsFileInUse = True
On Error GoTo 0
End If
End Function

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