On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Michael Cronenworth <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Adobe obfuscated the /tmp file method several updates ago. The flash > plugin still creates a /tmp file, but it immediately removes the file > link causing any "ls /tmp" calls to not see a file. You can still get > the file data through /proc. > > $ ps -ef | grep plugin > # copy the PID of flash ($PID) > $ ls -l /proc/$PID/fd > # find the /tmp/flashXXXXXX file symlink ($FD) > $ cp -p /proc/$PID/fd/$FD /home/foo/flash.flv I use this shell function to play it with mplayer: function play_flash() { for idx in $(pgrep -u $USER -f 'flashplayer'; pgrep -u $USER midori); do echo "Browser:" $(egrep 'Name:' /proc/${idx}/status| cut -f 2) "PID:" $idx echo -n " FDs:" for fd in $(lsof -p $idx -F fn|egrep --text -B1 '/tmp/Flash'| egrep '^f'); do echo -n " ${fd:1}" done echo echo done echo "Select browser (by PID) and file descriptor (space separated)" read -p ': ' PID FD echo if [[ ! -z ${PID} ]]; then inhibit-xscreensaver &> /dev/null & declare sspid=$! mplayer -ontop "$@" /proc/${PID}/fd/${FD} kill $sspid && wait fi unset idx fd } This works for Firefox, Google Chrome and Midori. The OP can adapt it to copy instead of play. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org