"Ray Harrison" <Ray Harrison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I have a problem using the FTP server within Windows XP... In the past
> I
> have used FTP servers on Novell and Windows 2003... These both prevent a
> file
> which is being received from being deleted or open by a machine on the
> local
> network as the FTP server... We have an application which sits on a
> network
> awaiting files coming into a directory via FTP transfer.. The problem we
> have
> is that if the FTP server is XP then the file can be opened or deleted
> before
> the file has been fully received. On Novell and 2003 the file is marked
> as
> being used via another user until it is complete and closed by the FTP
> server, at this point our application could then open the file and process
> it.
>
> Does anyone know of anyway to setup a similar setting on Windows XP.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ray Harrison

"Ray Harrison" <RayHarrison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We have a small LAN... I have switched IIS on on my PC... A collegue then
> uses either FTP(DOS) or Windows Explorer to FTP onto my machine... He
> sends a
> large file of about 100MB.
>
> From My machine if I use explorer to view the directory to which the file
> is
> being FTP'd I can see the file size rising. If I then Right Click and
> Delete
> it is allowed and the PC sending the file stops.
>
> Both PCs have the latest updates for Windows XP.
>
> Ray
>
> "Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> I can't repro your claim. when the file is in the progress of
>> transferring,
>> I can't delete the file as the system is claiming that it is being used.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bernard Cheah
>> http://www.iis-resources.com/
>> http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/
>>
>>
>> "Ray Harrison" <Ray Harrison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:67312233-2ABA-41D4-BD70-3FF3AA2344B3@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, I have a problem using the FTP server within Windows XP... In the
>> > past
>> > I
>> > have used FTP servers on Novell and Windows 2003... These both prevent
>> > a
>> > file
>> > which is being received from being deleted or open by a machine on the
>> > local
>> > network as the FTP server... We have an application which sits on a
>> > network
>> > awaiting files coming into a directory via FTP transfer.. The problem
>> > we
>> > have
>> > is that if the FTP server is XP then the file can be opened or deleted
>> > before
>> > the file has been fully received. On Novell and 2003 the file is
>> > marked
>> > as
>> > being used via another user until it is complete and closed by the FTP
>> > server, at this point our application could then open the file and
>> > process
>> > it.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know of anyway to setup a similar setting on Windows XP.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Ray Harrison
>>
>>
>>