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Tracking which files are used by program
I am looking for a way to track which files are used by program installer(InstallAnywhere). I cannot use lsof because as far as I know it works on active processes and I want a tool which will work ...
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Show running processes with file name(s)?
I am using putty to connect my linux server which my sites are in. I can run
# ps aux | less
to show running processes. But I want to display which files running these processes ?
I have also ...
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How do I monitor opened files of a process in realtime?
I know I can view the open files of a process using lsof at that moment in time on my Linux machine. However, a process can open, alter and close a file so quickly that I won't be able to see it when ...
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vim not shown in fuser
First use Vim to edit a file, say /tmp/A.
Assuming that vim process is the only one that accesses /tmp/A, then use "ctrl+z" to suspend the process, and execute
fuser /tmp/A
Then you see nothing ...
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Alternatives for “lsof” command?
In many cases "lsof" is not installed on the machines that with I have to work, but the "function" of lsof would be needed very much (ex. on AIX). :\
Are there any "lsof" like applications in the ...
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File descriptor limits are lost after a system reboot
I'm trying to increase the default file descriptor limits for processes on my system. Specifically I'm trying to get the limits to apply to the Condor daemon and its sub-processes when the machine ...
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Who's got the other end of this unix socketpair?
I want to determine what process has the other end of a unix socket, that was created with socketpair().
I have a program parent which creates a socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, fds), and fork()s. ...
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retrieving names of all open pdf files (in evince or otherwise)
I constantly have many PDF files open. These are usually downloaded using chrome and immediately opened using evince.
I sometimes want to persist the state of all my open PDF files, so I could ...
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Release a port owned by third party application?
I have been consulted about any way to release a port owned by a third party application that is listening to it. Say the application uses sockets and is listening for an specific port the root now ...
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How do I tell a script to wait for a process to start accepting requests on a port?
I need a command that will wait for a process to start accepting requests on a specific port.
Is there something in linux that does that?
while (checkAlive -host localhost -port 13000 == false)
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How do I find out which processes are preventing unmounting of a device?
Sometimes, I would like to umount a usb device, but I get a drive is busy error.
How do I find out which processes or programs are accessing the device?
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What is using this network socket?
I'm trying to use NTP to update the time on my machine. However, it gives me an error:
host # ntpdate ntp1.example.org
10 Aug 12:38:50 ntpdate[7696]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
What does the ...
