Thanks K5054, that was the clincher. To find the files I need, I had to perform the following: * State the Regex Engine as 'posix-extended' * Put the expression '.*' at the start of the filename as the files are treated as fully qualified filenames (file path & filename). Thus, I can now use the following: find /storage/log/vmware/ -type f -regextype posix-extended -regex '.*vpxd-svcs-access-.2022-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}.log.gz' And.... find /storage/log/vmware/ -type f -regextype posix-extended -regex '.*sps.log.[0-9]{2}.gz' | +-- JDMils | +-- VB6 +-- VB Dot Net |

The shutdown/log off action is started by the user. My app needs to detect when this happens then run an external application. Upto this point, I am OK. When the external application finishes, I need my app to continue with the shutdown/logoff. How do I detect whether the computer was originally shutting down or logging off? Another question, is once my application completes, and it issues a shutdown/log off to continue the original request (by the user) to shutdown/log off, how do I stop my app from running again!? LoL Thanks | +-- JDMils | +-- VB6 +-- VB Dot Net |