Checking the journal file's "date modified" property either in the Windows command (e.g. dir) or through a 3rd party software like Cygwin (e.g. ls) may not be a reliable source for tracking the status. Windows has reported through a thread below that a file property "Date modified" is not updated if the file is open:

File “Date modified” property are not updating while modifying a file without closing it

The journal file may or may not be open which could skew the results in using the above approaches in real time. An alternative to checking the status of the file would be to check the file size. The native 4D command Get document size can accomplish this task. A record operation will write to the journal file thus increasing the size.

See Also:

• Description of 4D files


• Get document size