problem with a file copy (permissions)?

hello friendly noodlesoft forums!

(i searched and searched before sending this.)

so, i have two servers (both mavericks). on server-a, we have an excel file (excel-a) that a single user has access to, read-and-write. she works in it all day long. saving as she goes.

we want all the other users (about 10) to have read-only access. this does not seem to work using standard os x permissions and acl's. so i had the brilliant idea to buy hazel (just for this!) copy a copy (excel-b) over to server-b whenever the original (excel-a) was newer than the copy (excel-b).

this seems to work anywhere from 1-3 days until one of the following happens:
• hazel won't copy (excel-a)
• hazel copies a copy that is "corrupt" (generally a zero k file)
• no one can open what's on the target.

• occasionally, the connection will drop (but i think that's only happened once in a month).

does anyone have any advice?
i think this might be getting into applescript or shell land, where i don't do so hot. so, please talk slowly and help me keep my hands on the rail?

thanks!

Does she have the file open when the copy is done? Also, are you using the copy or sync action? I suggest checking the logs and seeing if there are any errors. Post or email what you find.

thanks, mr_noodle!

➊ mostly?

➋ copy (not familiar with sync)

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Skipping for now. 2014-04-16 08:18:32.500 hazelworker[74812] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:19:07.442 hazelworker[74941] ###main load address: 0x1017d9000 2014-04-16 08:19:07.443 hazelworker[74941] ###Noodle load address: 0x1018b4000 2014-04-16 08:19:07.443 hazelworker[74941] ###CK load address: 0x101876000 2014-04-16 08:19:08.105 hazelworker[74941] Processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:19:10.496 hazelworker[74941] File excel-a.xlsx is busy. Skipping for now. 2014-04-16 08:19:10.901 hazelworker[74941] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:22:10.643 hazelworker[75089] ###main load address: 0x1073ac000 2014-04-16 08:22:10.694 hazelworker[75089] ###Noodle load address: 0x107487000 2014-04-16 08:22:10.694 hazelworker[75089] ###CK load address: 0x10744b000 2014-04-16 08:22:11.377 hazelworker[75089] Processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:22:14.822 hazelworker[75089] File excel-a.xlsx is busy. Skipping for now. 2014-04-16 08:22:15.251 hazelworker[75089] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:27:14.971 hazelworker[75352] ###main load address: 0x104e86000 2014-04-16 08:27:15.050 hazelworker[75352] ###Noodle load address: 0x104f5d000 2014-04-16 08:27:15.050 hazelworker[75352] ###CK load address: 0x104f24000 2014-04-16 08:27:15.721 hazelworker[75352] Processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:27:17.958 hazelworker[75352] File excel-a.xlsx is busy. Skipping for now. 2014-04-16 08:27:17.977 hazelworker[75352] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:27:55.074 hazelworker[75376] ###main load address: 0x100523000 2014-04-16 08:27:55.074 hazelworker[75376] ###Noodle load address: 0x100602000 2014-04-16 08:27:55.074 hazelworker[75376] ###CK load address: 0x1005c2000 2014-04-16 08:27:55.357 hazelworker[75376] Processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:27:57.560 hazelworker[75376] File excel-a.xlsx is busy. 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Skipping for now. 2014-04-16 08:43:27.329 hazelworker[75990] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:53:27.427 hazelworker[76406] ###main load address: 0x106fac000 2014-04-16 08:53:27.480 hazelworker[76406] ###Noodle load address: 0x107086000 2014-04-16 08:53:27.480 hazelworker[76406] ###CK load address: 0x107049000 2014-04-16 08:53:27.988 hazelworker[76406] Processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 08:53:30.180 hazelworker[76406] File excel-a.xlsx is busy. Skipping for now. 2014-04-16 08:53:30.276 hazelworker[76406] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 09:08:30.278 hazelworker[77093] ###main load address: 0x10378b000 2014-04-16 09:08:30.329 hazelworker[77093] ###Noodle load address: 0x103867000 2014-04-16 09:08:30.329 hazelworker[77093] ###CK load address: 0x10382b000 2014-04-16 09:08:31.043 hazelworker[77093] Processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 09:08:33.272 hazelworker[77093] File excel-a.xlsx is busy. Skipping for now. 2014-04-16 09:08:33.364 hazelworker[77093] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 09:38:33.340 hazelworker[78465] ###main load address: 0x1061a8000 2014-04-16 09:38:33.393 hazelworker[78465] ###Noodle load address: 0x10627f000 2014-04-16 09:38:33.393 hazelworker[78465] ###CK load address: 0x106246000 2014-04-16 09:38:34.049 hazelworker[78465] Processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 09:38:36.290 hazelworker[78465] File excel-a.xlsx is busy. Skipping for now. 2014-04-16 09:38:36.334 hazelworker[78465] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 10:16:29.099 hazelworker[80265] ###main load address: 0x104c8a000 2014-04-16 10:16:29.151 hazelworker[80265] ###Noodle load address: 0x104d68000 2014-04-16 10:16:29.152 hazelworker[80265] ###CK load address: 0x104d29000 2014-04-16 10:16:29.922 hazelworker[80265] Processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 10:16:32.079 hazelworker[80265] File excel-a.xlsx is busy. Skipping for now. 2014-04-16 10:16:32.102 hazelworker[80265] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 11:07:03.514 hazelworker[82828] ###main load address: 0x109de2000 2014-04-16 11:07:03.566 hazelworker[82828] ###Noodle load address: 0x109eb8000 2014-04-16 11:07:03.566 hazelworker[82828] ###CK load address: 0x109e7f000 2014-04-16 11:07:04.194 hazelworker[82828] Processing folder This-is-the-Folder 2014-04-16 11:07:08.624 hazelworker[82828] excel-a.xlsx: Rule copy This-is-the-Folder to server-b matched. 2014-04-16 11:07:12.626 hazelworker[82828] [File Event] File copied: excel-a.xlsx copied from folder /Volumes/PROMISE PEGASUS/This-is-the-Folder to folder /Volumes/This-is-the-Folder Read Only. 2014-04-16 11:07:12.808 hazelworker[82828] Done processing folder This-is-the-Folder

thanks again for your help!

Well, it seems that most of the time, the file is open and Hazel won't process it. I'm only seeing it copy once and I don't see an error. I suggest keeping close tabs on it. If you experience a corrupt copy, open the logs and find the corresponding messages for it. Try and correlate which messages in the logs correspond to which outcomes (successful, corrupt, etc.).