use strict; open OUTPUT, ">c:/temp/warning.txt"; my @directories = ('F:\Solimar_Work_Directories\XVTP\XVTP Cluster Feed', 'G:\Solimar_Work_Directories\XVTP\XVTP Cluster Feed', 'G:\XVTPInput', 'G:\XVTPInput\DBQA_input', 'G:\XVTPInput\DB_Input'); my $mytime=(time); my ($File,$FileStat,$CallOutDir); foreach my $dir (@directories) opendir(ROOT,$dir) or die "Directory <$dir> failed: $!"; foreach my $F (readdir(ROOT)) { $File="$dir/$F"; 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;