Hi Rentian , thanks for the call, I’m not sure if I can do it that way (or how to do it that way) because I am using the ftp protocol and the file is been written to a different server.
The file will be snapped up by an external source every hour , so just before i write the details to the audit file i want to quickly count the no of messages and append it to the top.
The directory structure can’t be changed on the external server can’t me changed so i cant write the file somewhere else and then move it out, so i am tryig to do it all in one go if you know what i mean.
Also in this proc i am writing individual message files for each message to other directories on the external server(that bits working fine). i.e the log is just a file that contains the basic info of the messages written and a count at the top.
ray
