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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Automatic script trigger Post 302904897 by Don Cragun on Saturday 7th of June 2014 01:04:59 PM

06-07-2014

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Originally Posted by Gautham

Thanks Jim.

In case of unix is there any feature for this.

You're giving us confusing and inadequate information to really help you.

You posted a message to the Linux and UNIX Forums asking how to do something to files in directory \a\b\c, but that is a Windows style path; not a UNIX and Linux stye path.

You were given a suggestion that might work on Linux systems; and then you tell us you want a solution for UNIX systems. What you're asking for is not something that is covered by the standards (so if there is a way to do it, it may vary considerably from platform to platform).

What UNIX system are you using? Which release of that UNIX system are you using?

If you're using a recent Solaris or Mac OS X system, you might be able to use dtrace (although doing so may require extended privileges). (See the dtrace(1M) man page or the Oracle Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide for details.)

If you're using some other UNIX system, it might also have dtrace or some other facility that will allow you to monitor changes to a directory in general, creation of files in a directory, or even creation of files whose name ends with .txt in a specific directory.

Giving details about your environment when asking a question makes it much more likely that you will get answers that work for you.

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lockstat

lockstat(7D)							      Devices							      lockstat(7D)

NAME

       lockstat - DTrace kernel lock instrumentation provider

DESCRIPTION

       The  lockstat  driver is a DTrace dynamic tracing provider that performs dynamic instrumentation for locking primitives in the Solaris ker-
       nel.

       The lockstat provider makes probes available that you can use to discern lock contention statistics, or to understand virtually any  aspect
       of locking behavior inside the operating system kernel. The lockstat(1M) command is implemented as a DTrace consumer that uses the lockstat
       provider to gather raw data.

       The lockstat driver is not a public interface and you access the instrumentation offered by this provider  through  DTrace.  Refer  to  the
       Solaris	Dynamic  Tracing  Guide  for  a  description  of the public documented interfaces available for the DTrace facility and the probes
       offered by the lockstat provider.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWdtrp			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Private			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       dtrace(1M), lockstat(1M), attributes(5), dtrace(7D)

       Solaris Dynamic Tracing Guide

SunOS 5.11							    3 Sep 2003							      lockstat(7D)