checking a file for existance

Can I specify a remote file as a semaphore file for kicking off an event based job?

Thanks,

Sean

Only indirectly… You can create a remote script or program type job that runs periodically and checks for existence of a file and then makes the scheduler trigger another job based on status of this job. The idea is to return different statuses based on the existence of the file, set exit code associated with a file existence as "success" and everything else as a "failure" or visa versa. Use job notifications for "successful job completion" to trigger another job using "run another job" action.

Another method is to create a local JavaScript job using available FTP commands to check for files on the remote server and then trigger another job or just do something else if the needed file is found.

I would suggest going with the second method as more flexible and trsnparent.

Thanks for the info.

Is there an example posted somewhere here that I can use?

Thanks!!