is it possible to check if a file is done copying of if its complete using python?
or even on the command line.
i manipulate files programmatically in a specific folder on mac osx but i need to check if the file is complete before running the code which makes the manipulation.
If you know where the files are being copied from, you can check to see whether the size of the copy has reached the size of the original.
Alternatively, if a file's size doesn't change for a couple of seconds, it is probably done being copied, which may be good enough.  (May not work well for slow network connections, however.)
check if a file is 'complete' (with python)