How to check number of files is currenty open by Solaris 10 and Linux


 
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Old 01-09-2007
How to check number of files is currenty open by Solaris 10 and Linux

Hi,

Anyone know the command as how many files are open in Solaris 10 and Linux - i.e. currently open - real time

Thanks
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Old 01-09-2007
i am using lsof... and opensource tool,

lsof - list open files
SYNOPSIS
lsof [ -?abChlnNOPRstUvVX ] [ -A A ] [ -c c ] [ +c c ] [
+|-d d ] [ +|-D D ] [ +|-f [cfgGn] ] [ -F [f] ] [ -g [s] ] [
-i [i] ] [ -k k ] [ +|-L [l] ] [ +|-m m ] [ +|-M ] [ -o [o]
] [ -p s ] [ +|-r [t] ] [ -S [t] ] [ -T [t] ] [ -u s ] [
+|-w ] [ -x [fl] ] [ -z [z] ] [ -- ] [names]

DESCRIPTION
Lsof revision 4.76 lists information about files opened by
processes for the following UNIX dialects:

AIX 5.[123]
Apple Darwin 7.x and 8.x for Power Macintosh systems
BSDI BSD/OS 4.3.1 for x86-based systems
FreeBSD 4.x, 4.1x, 5.x and [67].x for x86-based systems
FreeBSD 5.x and [67].x for Alpha, AMD64 and Sparc64-based
systems
HP-UX 11.00, 11.11 and 11.23
Linux 2.1.72 and above for x86-based systems
NetBSD 1.[456], 2.x and 3.x for Alpha, x86, and SPARC-based
systems
NEXTSTEP 3.[13] for NEXTSTEP architectures
OpenBSD 2.[89] and 3.[01234567] for x86-based systems
OPENSTEP 4.x
SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.6 for x86-based systems
SCO|Caldera UnixWare 7.1.4 for x86-based systems
Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 and 10
Tru64 UNIX 5.1

(See the DISTRIBUTION section of this manual page for infor-
mation on how to obtain the latest lsof revision.)


An open file may be a regular file, a directory, a block
special file, a character special file, an executing text
reference, a library, a stream or a network file (Internet
socket, NFS file or UNIX domain socket.) A specific file or
all the files in a file system may be selected by path.

regards pressy
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