#!/usr/bin/perl4 # # 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 $LSOF\n"; exit 1 } # Read lsof -nPF output from a pipe and gather the PIDs of the processes # and file descriptors to watch. open(P, "$LSOF -nPFpf $fnm|") || die "$Pn: can't pipe to $LSOF\n"; $curpid = -1; $pids = ""; while (

) { 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 (

) { print $_; } close(P); print "$Pn: unexpected EOF from \"$pipe\"\n"; exit 1;