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

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Because there is a better answer ... fuser. Using lsof for this would be like
debugging C code with an oscilloscope (ok, maybe not that bad).

If people spent less time flaming everyone for their posts we would all have a
lot less email in our inboxes.

fuser will work just fine for this and it comes with the OS.

--Buddy

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Ghent [mailto:daleg at elemental.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:24 PM
To: The SunHELP List
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] command to check if a file is open and
somethingis writing to it


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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