Stopping a file copy in progress...

[JustinWillis]

Hi all, does anyone know of a way to see and stop a file transfer that is happening?

My scenario...
have an NT4/5 Server which has a shared drive, my app would be running on the server, have a client machine which copies a file to the shared drive on the server (accros the lan), file being copied is 1GB in size for example, I want my app to know that a file copy is taking place and abort the file copy which is being done from the client side.

I don't think this is possible without some heavy work and a huge headache but any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Regards,
Justin Willis.

 

[awarnica]

Would it be easier to set permissions for file transfer on the server?

Or, create a service that runs every minute or so and deletes files that are copied on from somewhere else, if they are of too big a size, or whatever the restriction is.
That might be easier that stopping the transfer completely.

Hope that helps.


"if it is stupid but it works, then it isnt stupid"

 

[JustinWillis]

ok, say for example that I want to let everyone copy files to the share as long as they are less than 1GB, how can I do this? deleting the >1GB file after the copy is not much good to me as that is what I am currently having to do.

I am setting NTFS permissions through my app for other reasons but I don't seem to be able to use it in this scenario.

If the server has <1GB of disk space remaining then copying a file >1GB will fail and possible cause ther apps on the server to have problems in that instant if they try to write to the disk (Exchange server being one).

Hope I have explained my problem clear now,
Thanks for your ideas! it's a toughy.

JW.

 

[McMerfy]

Look at NetSessionDel function in Win32 API reference. I don't think it would hard to understand how it works. If you still have questions then just ask.

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