set_min_age

Specifies minimum age of file since last modified.

Member of namespace

mvscan

Syntax

bool set_min_age (int nSecs)

Parameters

nSecs: Type: integer
Number of seconds to wait after file modified before ingesting.

Returns

Always True.

Level

Batch level.

Details

This setting can be used to prevent premature ingestion of a file which may be incomplete. For example, a network scanner or multifunction device might create the image file and write contents over a period of time, rather than all at once. In that case ingesting the file immediately could cause errors, whereas waiting for 5 or 10 seconds would provide sufficient time for the file to be completed. If required, the appropriate value must be determined experimentally. If tree mode is enabled, all files in a given folder must meet the minimum age before any file from that folder is ingested. This allows you to keep files written to a subfolder in the same batch. To override this behavior and check the age of files individually in tree mode, set_wait_time to zero.

For this action to take effect, it must be called before the Scan action.

Example:

set_types("tif")
set_min_age("10")
scan()