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Old 01-16-2006
What files are writing to a directory
Is there a way to tell what files/scripts are writing/wrote to a given directory?
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Old 01-17-2006
How about using:
Code:
ls /directory_name

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Old 01-17-2006
If you mean what processes are accessing files / directories look at the lsof and/or fuser commands.

Cheers
ZB
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Old 01-17-2006
If it is not process that you want to find out but rather the files that are currently written to, I only know that the dtrace in Solaris 10 is capable of this.

Very cool tool.
 
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