#!/bin/perl -w use strict; open OUTPUT, ">c:/temp/warning.txt"; my $mytime=(time); my ($File,$FileStat,$CallOutDir); opendir(ROOT, ".") or die "Arghh!!! $!"; foreach $File (readdir(ROOT)) { next if $File=~/^\./; next if ($File eq "_Watched_Folder_._Active_"); next if ($File=~/\._Checking_File_Readiness_$/); if ($FileStat = (stat $File)[9]){ if ($FileStat <= ($mytime - 300)) { print "File older than 5min found. The file name is $File"; print OUTPUT "File older than 5min found. The file name is $File"; last; } } } close OUTPUT;