diff --git a/R/testing_utils.R b/R/testing_utils.R
index 1f940d9..b2d470c 100644
--- a/R/testing_utils.R
+++ b/R/testing_utils.R
@@ -104,3 +104,29 @@
 
     return(invisible(TRUE))
 }
+
+
+# Get Files with Modification Date after a specific date
+# Used to provide more verbose logging in the event package directory is modified.
+# Will not list files created and deleted in the interium but it helps.
+.printModifiedFiles <- function(dir_path, after_posixct){
+    file_list <- list.files(
+        path = dir_path,
+        full.names = TRUE
+    )
+
+    print(sprintf("FILE INFO FOR UPDATES AFTER %s", as.character(after_posixct)))
+    for (file in file_list){
+        info <- as.list(file.info(file))
+        if (info['mtime'] > after_posixct){
+            msg <- sprintf(
+                "%s %s %s %s",
+                file,
+                info['mtime'],
+                info['mode'],
+                info['isdir']
+            )
+            print(msg)
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
index 1575fba..756f49d 100644
--- a/tests/testthat.R
+++ b/tests/testthat.R
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ if(identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true")){
 
     }
 
+    # Record modifaction time of package directory to be checked at end of testing 
+    # in test-Z-test-no-source-modifcations.R
+    tmp_pkgnet_path <- file.path(Sys.getenv('PKGNET_TEST_LIB'), 'pkgnet')
+    Sys.setenv(PKGNET_LATEST_MOD = as.character(file.info(tmp_pkgnet_path)$mtime))
+
     # This withr statement should be redundant.
     # This is within a test environment in which .libpaths() has been altered to include PKGNET_TEST_LIB.
     # Yet, it appears to be necessary.
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-0-test-package-installation.R b/tests/testthat/test-0-test-package-installation.R
index 51dbebb..e6e7304 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-0-test-package-installation.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-0-test-package-installation.R
@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@ test_that('Test packages installed correctly',{
             , info = sprintf("Test package %s is not installed.", thisTestPkg)
         )
     }
-})
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+})
+
+# Record modifaction time of package directory to be checked at end of testing 
+# in test-Z-test-no-source-modifcations.R
+tmp_pkgnet_path <- file.path(Sys.getenv('PKGNET_TEST_LIB'), 'pkgnet')
+Sys.setenv(PKGNET_LATEST_MOD = as.character(file.info(tmp_pkgnet_path)$mtime))
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diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-Z-test-no-source-modifcations.R b/tests/testthat/test-Z-test-no-source-modifcations.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1574b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-Z-test-no-source-modifcations.R
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Inditended to be run last, this is to confirm that no files 
+# within the package directory are modified during the normal 
+# operation of pkgnet during these tests.  This includes the 
+# creation and deletion of temp files for rendering. 
+
+test_that('No modification to pkgnet directory during testing',{
+    startModTime <- as.POSIXct(Sys.getenv('PKGNET_LATEST_MOD'))
+    
+    tmp_pkgnet_path <- file.path(Sys.getenv('PKGNET_TEST_LIB'), 'pkgnet')
+    currentModTime <- file.info(tmp_pkgnet_path)$mtime
+
+    if (as.character(startModTime) != as.character(currentModTime)){
+        pkgnet:::.printModifiedFiles(tmp_pkgnet_path, startModTime)
+    }
+
+    expect_equal(object = currentModTime
+                 , expected = startModTime
+                 , info = "The source directory was modified during the execution of tests."
+                 )
+
+})
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