Randy,
>Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 16:23:15 -0600
>From: "Randy Breeser" <Randy.Breeser@xxxxxxxx>
>Organization: NWS La Crosse Wisconsin
>To: ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Unique Filename
The above message contained the following:
> First let me say that I am pretty new to LDM and I hope that I am
> posting this question to the right list...if not maybe someone will
> point me to a beginners list.
>
> I need to generate a unique filename in pqact.conf so that files will
> not overwrite those already in a que. Below is what I have done so far.
> I added "%M%S" here but this will only resolve to one second. Not quite
> good enough...it is possible that 2 files could be processed during the
> same second. The "NEWFILE.dat" part of the filename cannot change nor
> can the path.
>
> EXP .*(transfile.dat) FILE -overwrite
> /some/file/path/NEWFILE.dat%M%S
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you're worried about multiple files being processed in the same
second, then it seems to me that you're in a bad situation for the
following reasons:
1. You could end-up with thousands upon thousands of files in a
single directory.
2. The scour(1) facility might not be sufficient to keep the number
of files down to a managable level.
It could be that, with a little thought, a solution could be found that
obviates the need for sub-second resolution. What are these files and
what are you trying to do with them? Does there product-ID containing
nothing that could be useful?
Regards,
Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>
