# bro files - network drive

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-files-network-drive/4829>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [May 10, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-files-network-drive/4829 "2017-05-10T08:59:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Izik\_Birka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Izik\_Birka](https://community.zeek.org/u/Izik_Birka)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-files-network-drive/4829/1 "2017-05-10T08:59:56Z")

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Hi

Why when I only search file in network drive all the files in the network drive are written to files.log ?

How can I detect a real file transfer ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-files-network-drive/4829/2 "2022-05-06T15:44:55Z")

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