Server-Side Actionscript to Sync Folders: After a user records his webcam video through Flash Media Server (FMS), this server-side actionscript can be used to compare two directories and sync the local recordings to the network location. Assumes you have a 'local_repo' and 'network_repo' virtual

server_side_sync.as

application.onDisconnect = function(client) {
	trace("\nLOG: Syncing webcam files to data storage...");
	var localDir = new File("local_repo");
	var backupDir = new File("network_repo");

	if(localDir.isDirectory && backupDir.isDirectory) {
		var lFiles = localDir.list();
		var iFiles = networkDir.list();
		for(var i = 0; i < lFiles.length; i++) {
			var found = false;
			var lFile = lFiles[i];
			var lPath = lFile.name; // ex: "/local_repo/1234_12341234.flv"
			var lName = lPath.slice(lPath.lastIndexOf('/'),lPath.length); // ex: "/1234_12341234.flv"
			//trace("Checking for "+lName);
			for(var j = 0; j < iFiles.length; j++) {				
				var iPath = iFiles[j].name;
				var iName = iPath.slice(iPath.lastIndexOf('/'),iPath.length);
				if(lName == iName) {
					found = true;
					break;
				}
			}
			if(!found) {
				trace("Unsynced: "+lName+" (created: "+lFile.creationTime+")")
				if(!lFile.isOpen && lFile.copyTo("/network_repo"+lName)) {
					// remove the file?
					trace("SUCCESS: Copied file to Network Repo.")
				} else {
					trace("ERROR: Could not copy "+lName+" to Network repo. Whether it is open or not: "+lFile.isOpen)
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else {
		trace("ERROR: Could not access the directories");
		trace("Local Directory: "+localDir.isDirectory);
		trace("Network Directory: "+backupDir.isDirectory);
	}
	trace("LOG: Syncing completed.")
};

application.onStatus = function(info) {
	switch(info.level) {
		case "error":
			trace("\nERROR STATUS: "+info.code)
		break;
		case "warning":
			trace("\nWARNING STATUS: "+info.code)
		break;
		default:
			trace("\nDEFAULT STATUS: "+info.code)
	}
	trace("Details: "+info.details)
	trace("Details: "+info.description);
	trace("Filename: "+info.filename)
	trace("LineNo: "+info.lineno)
};