How to determine whether a file is still being transferred via ftp

Question

I have a directory with files that need processing in a batch with PHP. The files are copied on the server via FTP. Some of the files are very big and take a long time to co

Answer 1

Our server admin suggested ftpwho, which outputs which files are currently transferred.

http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/ftpwho.html

So the solution is to parse the output of ftpwho to see if a file in the directory is being transferred.