Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:42:57 -0500 (EST) | From | Stephen Frost <> | Subject | Re: How to find busy files when you are _not_ root |
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Dietmar Kling wrote:
> Situation: > Some people upload Files in a certain Directory of a ftp server. > Some of the ftp jobs are very slow. > I have to write a daemon which collects the files which are uploaded > (assumption the transfer alway succeeds - OK thats another topic). > Problem: Sometimes i process files, which are not uploaded (at this > time). > > But I cannot determine which files are still open, > (different userids of all users). > > I was adviced to use lsof or fuser but this _only_ gives me a > complete listing of all busy (open) files when i am _root_. > > Is there another way (kernel function?) which allows my > (not root) daemon to determine if the files are busy ?
Just a quick thought, teach lsof about groups and have processes able to have what group they have associated w/ them? Maybe that's possible via /proc already? I dunno, I'm asking.
Stephen
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