Greetings, Morten Kjærulff! >> >> > If the application in question creates and deletes the parent >> > directory, as well as the leaf file, then things would be left >> > around unexpectedly. >> >> The question was just if the file is locked. >> >> > So would use of find trigger a virus scanner, which in turn might >> > hold on to the file and prevent its deletion? >> >> That's how some realtime scanners work. They have hooks in the file API >> and if some other process opens a file these scanners open the file as >> well, typically without FILE_SHARE_DELETE, which Cygwin uses by default. >> >> >> Corinna >> >> -- >> Corinna Vinschen >> Cygwin Maintainer > I forgot to say that I run the find command on my own PC, and the > application runs on a server, which I have 'net use' its disk. > Would it be the virus scanner on my PC or on the server? > Any idea of a different way to get the age of the file? (I am sure I > cannot change the virus scanner). To begin with, the results of your `find` calls will be at least 5 seconds stale over CIFS share with default settings. Said that, you could safely write something like find /xx -type а -iname "zzz" -mtime +10s -execdir 'msg * "Achtung programme crash boom!"' In regard to antivirus, 1. first make sure your local AV does not scan network directories by default. This is a gigantic usability issue for multiple reasons and normally is never done. 2. if possible, check what exactly happens when your program loсks up. Yes, as said above, find will lock /directories/ it is scanning. This is how Windows filesystem API works. But it should not lock files by itself. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Monday, August 19, 2019 19:36:25 Sorry for my terrible english...BKCB؛[H\ܝΈY[K؛[\˚[BTNY[K٘\KB[][ێY[K˚[B[XܚXH[ΈY[K[ [XܚXK\[\CBB