[SunHELP] command to check if a file is open and something is writing to it

[Chris.Smith at txucom.com]

Or you can use fuser.  It will return the PID of the process that has it 
open.

Chris 





Dale Ghent <daleg at elemental.org>
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On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 05:45 PM, Nguyen, David M wrote:

> I need to write a script to check if /var/adm/messages log is open and
> something is writing to it.  What command should I use to check that
> event, for example lsof command?
>

I don't know why you asked your question... you answered it yourself...

/dale
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