Hybris hotfolder import "pause"

Question

Is there any workaround in Hybris for hotfolders to be paused manually?
Here is the story and the problem: In production we have 2 data import servers for our application. Both servers use the same shared hotfolder for multiple different hotfolder configurations, and thus importing several different incoming files day by day. Our production deployment for these servers are differ from the other (non data import) servers of the application, because we have to wait for these servers to finish the actual in process file import, so we have to manually check the /processing folder over and over again 'till there isn't any file. Our goal is to skip this manual process, instead just "tell" the Hybris to stop the processing after the currently in progress imports.
Is there any OOTB implementation to do this?

Answer 1

AFAIK no there is not. You can probably fix your issue by creating a temporary "work in progress" file while the import starts then you delete the file when it ends. You can then automize the manual check with a method that check if there is a "work in progress" file.