On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:36 +0000, Dan Track wrote: > I've got a file /opt/development/index.html that I serve. The problem > I'm having is that some other process is touching/locking this file at > random intervals. Now this mystery process seems to only last for less > than a second. So my dilemma is how do I capture what it is given the > short space of time the process acts upon the file. What tools are > available. All I can think of is the database for locate being built. If you never want to be able to find something in /opt by using the locate command, you could prune /opt from the path it catalogues. -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.