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- #!/usr/local/bin/perl
- #
- # watch_a_file.perl -- use lsof -F output to watch a specific file
- # (or file system)
- #
- # usage: watch_a_file.perl file_name
-
- ## Interrupt handler
-
- sub interrupt { wait; print "\n"; exit 0; }
-
-
- ## Start main program
-
- $Pn = "watch_a_file";
- # Check file argument.
-
- if ($#ARGV != 0) { print "$#ARGV\n"; die "$Pn usage: file_name\n"; }
- $fnm = $ARGV[0];
- if (! -r $fnm) { die "$Pn: can't read $fnm\n"; }
-
- # Do setup.
-
- $RPT = 15; # lsof repeat time
- $| = 1; # unbuffer output
- $SIG{'INT'} = 'interrupt'; # catch interrupt
-
- # Set path to lsof.
-
- if (($LSOF = &isexec("../lsof")) eq "") { # Try .. first
- if (($LSOF = &isexec("lsof")) eq "") { # Then try . and $PATH
- print "can't execute $LSOF\n"; exit 1
- }
- }
-
- # Read lsof -nPF output from a pipe and gather the PIDs of the processes
- # and file descriptors to watch.
-
- open(P, "$LSOF -nPFpf $fnm|") || die "$Pn: can't pipe to $LSOF\n";
-
- $curpid = -1;
- $pids = "";
- while (<P>) {
- chop;
- if (/^p(.*)/) { $curpid = $1; next; } # Identify process.
- if (/^f/) {
- if ($curpid > 0) {
- if ($pids eq "") { $pids = $curpid; }
- else { $pids = $pids . "," . $curpid; }
- $curpid = -1;
- }
- }
- }
- close(P);
- wait;
- if ($pids eq "") { die "$Pn: no processes using $fnm located.\n"; }
- print "watch_file: $fnm being used by processes:\n\t$pids\n\n";
-
- # Read repeated lsof output from a pipe and display.
-
- $pipe = "$LSOF -ap $pids -r $RPT $fnm";
- open(P, "$pipe|") || die "$Pn: can't pipe: $pipe\n";
-
- while (<P>) { print $_; }
- close(P);
- print "$Pn: unexpected EOF from \"$pipe\"\n";
- exit 1;
-
-
- ## isexec($path) -- is $path executable
- #
- # $path = absolute or relative path to file to test for executabiity.
- # Paths that begin with neither '/' nor '.' that arent't found as
- # simple references are also tested with the path prefixes of the
- # PATH environment variable.
-
- sub
- isexec {
- my ($path) = @_;
- my ($i, @P, $PATH);
-
- $path =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
- if ($path eq "") { return(""); }
- if (($path =~ m#^[\/\.]#)) {
- if (-x $path) { return($path); }
- return("");
- }
- $PATH = $ENV{PATH};
- @P = split(":", $PATH);
- for ($i = 0; $i <= $#P; $i++) {
- if (-x "$P[$i]/$path") { return("$P[$i]/$path"); }
- }
- return("");
- }
-