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- #!/usr/local/bin/perl
- #
- # watch_a_file.perl -- use lsof -F output to watch a specific file
- # (or file system)
- #
- # usage: watch_a_file.perl file_name
-
- ## Interrupt handler
-
- sub interrupt { wait; print "\n"; exit 0; }
-
-
- ## Start main program
-
- $Pn = "watch_a_file";
- # Check file argument.
-
- if ($#ARGV != 0) { print "$#ARGV\n"; die "$Pn usage: file_name\n"; }
- $fnm = $ARGV[0];
- if (! -r $fnm) { die "$Pn: can't read $fnm\n"; }
-
- # Do setup.
-
- $LSOF = "../lsof"; # path to lsof
- $RPT = 15; # lsof repeat time
- $| = 1; # unbuffer output
- $SIG{'INT'} = 'interrupt'; # catch interrupt
- if ( ! -x $LSOF) { print "can't execute $LSOF\n"; exit 1 }
-
- # Read lsof -HPF output from a pipe and gather the PIDs of the processes
- # and file descriptors to watch.
-
- open(P, "$LSOF -HPFpf $fnm|") || die "$Pn: can't pipe to $LSOF\n";
-
- $curpid = -1;
- $pids = "";
- while (<P>) {
- chop;
- if (/^p(.*)/) { $curpid = $1; next; } # Identify process.
- if (/^f/) {
- if ($curpid > 0) {
- if ($pids eq "") { $pids = $curpid; }
- else { $pids = $pids . "," . $curpid; }
- $curpid = -1;
- }
- }
- }
- close(P);
- wait;
- if ($pids eq "") { die "$Pn: no processes using $fnm located.\n"; }
- print "watch_file: $fnm being used by processes:\n\t$pids\n\n";
-
- # Read repeated lsof output from a pipe and display.
-
- $pipe = "$LSOF -ap $pids -r $RPT $fnm";
- open(P, "$pipe|") || die "$Pn: can't pipe: $pipe\n";
-
- while (<P>) { print $_; }
- close(P);
- print "$Pn: unexpected EOF from \"$pipe\"\n";
- exit 1;
-