Due to hdd space constraints, I'd like to write a script that will automatically move freshly generated output files to another disk with lots of free space. This script will run on a 2nd PC. All PCs are Windows. So far, the best idea I could think of involves checking file attributes, namely the size element of stat, and keeping track of its state so that I know when the file has stopped growing and therefore it's time to move it. Like this: 
my $outputf = 'C:\temp\output_log.txt';

# The following is here just for a reminder:
my ($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ctime,
+$blksize,$blocks) = (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12);

while (1)
{    
    my @stat = stat $outputf;
    print "\n";
    for (@stat) {print "$_\t"}
    sleep 1;
}

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Size seems the only file attribute that always changes and stops changing when the output file is complete. But there must be a better way than this...?? Thank you.

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