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Asked: 2026-06-10T17:38:40+00:00

I have an executable that needs to process records in the database when the

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I have an executable that needs to process records in the database when the command arrives to do so. Right now, I am issuing commands via TCP exchange but I don’t really like it cause
a) queue is not persistent between sessions
b) TCP port might get locked

The idea I have is to create a folder and place files in it whose names match the commands I want to issue

Like:

1.23045.-1.1
2.999.-1.1

Then, after the command has been processed, the file will be deleted or moved to Errors folder.

Is this viable or are there some unavoidable problems with this approach?

P.S. The process will be used on Linux system, so Antivirus problems are out of the question.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, a few.

    First, there are all the problems associated with using a filesystem. Antivirus programs are one (though I cannot see why it doesn’t apply to Linux – no delete locks?). Disk space, file and directory count maximums are others. Then, open file limits and permissions…

    Second, race conditions. If there are multiple consumers, more than one of them might see and start processing the command before the first one has [re]moved it.

    There are also the issues of converting commands to filenames and vice versa, and coming up with different names for a single command that needs to be issued multiple times. (Though these are programming issues, not design ones; they’ll merely annoy.)

    None of these may apply or be of great concern to you, in which case I say: Go ahead and do it. See what we’ve missed that Real Life will come up with.

    I probably would use an MQ server for anything approaching “serious”, though.

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