Not sure if this is a perl question. nonetheless i felt like using the wisdom of the monks, here is the situation.
we have a centralized file storage on netapps.
the directory under question is part of the netapps and we access it using unc path from windows machine.
when a directory listing is performed from perl using readdir( or viewed through windows explorer ),often some of the newly created files ( created in the last 30 minutes ) are not getting listed.
Eventually say after an hour or so they show up, the only option to get a current list is to re-login / reboot.

Did any one encounter this problem before and solved the same,suggestions welcomed.

As i only know the file pattern, i can't perform any kind of existence (-e) , file stat test(s)

In reply to Stale directory listing by needperlhelp

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