LOOP=1
  while [ ${LOOP} -eq 1 ]
  do
    find . -cmin -5 -name ${_filename} | read NEW_FILE
    if [ ! -z ${NEW_FILE} ]
    then
      echo "INFO: preprocess_dc: Time index "`date`". The file ${_filename} is less than five minutes old."
      echo "INFO: preprocess_dc: Waiting $vSleepTime seconds to verify the file is not still being written."
      sleep $vSleepTime
    else
      LOOP=0
    fi
  done