On Sun, 01 Mar 2015, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to mark lewis:

 ml> as far as i can tell, these are created elsewhere and then move 
 ml> into the proper outbound directory with the proper name... no more 
 ml> processing is done to them after placement other than removal from 
 ml> the directory for some reason...

 WvV> No, that's not how it works! I've given you the answer already:
 WvV> Look at how control files work in chapter 4.1 of FTS-5005 !

easy, there... i didn't say anything about bsy files, did i?

should one create the busy file, mess about in the directory and then delete
the bsy file or is it better to create the files elsewhere, create the busy
file, move the files into the directory, then delete the busy file? i think
i'll take option 2... it is the safest, to be sure... 

)\/(ark