On 10/11/11, John Doe <jdmls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > Excuse me, you are right. I tried again with your "inotifywait" utility and it notifies me when touching a file . It seems that my previous attempt had something wrong in it. But it seems that the "watch" utility brings nothing . Am I right? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos