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>>> "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki@enterprisedb.com> wrote: 
 
> We really need a more reliable way of detecting that a file has been

> fully copied. 
 
In our scripts we handle this by copying to a temp directory on the
same mount point as the archive directory and doing a mv to the
archive location when the copy is successfully completed.  I think
that this even works on Windows.  Could that just be documented as a
strong recommendation for the archive script?
 
-Kevin