From: hadi motamedi <motamedi24@xxxxxxxxx> > On 10/10/11, John Doe <jdmls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> From: Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@xxxxxx> >>> 2011/10/10 hadi motamedi <motamedi24@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>> I have installed an announcement application on my centos 6.0 > server >>>> that calls for putting specific voice announcement files under >>>> /usr/local/srf/bin/prompt to be played in response to certain >>>> conditions occurred . There are a huge number of files in the >>>> announcement directory and it seems that just one of these voice > files >>>> is corrupt . Can you please let me know how can I trace in real > time >>>> to see which application is going to use this folder and which of >>>> these files will be accessed at the moment ? My goal is to find > that >>>> corrupted voice file in real time . >>> >>> How about something like this: >>> watch -n 1 lsof /path/to/files >> >> Or maybe: >> inotifywait -m -e access --format "%T %f" --timefmt "%D > %T" -r >> /path/to/files > Excuse me, the announcement application program is accessing this > folder from time to time to play the appropriate voice announcement > file . As there are a huge number of voice files inside this folder, > so I need some way to trace to see which file is being accessed when > hearing the corrupted voice file . I tried for your "watch" & > "inotifywait" utilities but I didn't see any log even when > intentionally trying to ftp some files into this folder. It seems that > my previous explanation of the problem was not so clear. Sorry again . > What can I do to find an appropriate trace method for my case in your > opinion ? Your previous explanation of the problem was very clear... Here is an example when I do: # inotifywait -m -e access --format "%T %f" --timefmt "%D %T" -r /home/jd/tmp Setting up watches. Beware: since -r was given, this may take a while! Watches established. $ less toto.php ... 10/10/11 12:33:21 toto.php It detected my read access to the file 'toto.php' in '/home/jd/tmp' JD _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos