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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 25 Jul 2010 16:47
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:16:59 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com>
wrote:

>To find what has a file open, type "sudo lsof". There's a lot of output...

sudo lsof | grep "name of file concer.ned"

would avoid the irrelevant output. Takes a few seconds to run, during
which the prompt will sit there like a lemon, by the way.

Cheers - Jaimie
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From: Ben Shimmin on 25 Jul 2010 19:18
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org>:
> On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:16:59 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com>
> wrote:
>>To find what has a file open, type "sudo lsof". There's a lot of output...
>
> sudo lsof | grep "name of file concer.ned"
>
> would avoid the irrelevant output. Takes a few seconds to run, during
> which the prompt will sit there like a lemon, by the way.

opensnoop(1) is also good. You can invoke it like this:

$ sudo opensnoop -a -f FILENAME

b.

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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 26 Jul 2010 04:03
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:18:16 +0100, Ben Shimmin
<bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org>:
>> On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:16:59 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>>To find what has a file open, type "sudo lsof". There's a lot of output...
>>
>> sudo lsof | grep "name of file concer.ned"
>>
>> would avoid the irrelevant output. Takes a few seconds to run, during
>> which the prompt will sit there like a lemon, by the way.
>
>opensnoop(1) is also good. You can invoke it like this:
>
> $ sudo opensnoop -a -f FILENAME

Oh, nice toy - thanks for that one!

Cheers - Jaimie
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