Re: [tlug] Perl Q: how to check if a file is "busy"

["Jean-Christian Imbeault" <jean_christian@example.com>]

Thanks for the info. I'm guessing lsof is not part of a minimal install 
since I don't have it on my system. I'll look around to see if I can find 
which rpm gives it to me.

Jc

PS Is it secure or is it something best left off a machine I am trying to 
harden?

>From: Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>
>Reply-To: tlug@example.com
>To: tlug@example.com
>Subject: Re: [tlug] Perl Q: how to check if a file is "busy"
>Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:20:52 -0400
>
>Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
>>I wrote a very simple perl program to mv some files around. But 
>>unfortunately it cannot tell when a file it is tryig to "mv" is currently 
>>being written to and shouldn't be moved until it is no longer bing written 
>>to.
>>
>>What are some mechanisms I can use to wait until a file is "free" before 
>>mv'ing it? Are there any system calls I could us that do this?
>
>How about lsof?
>
>lsof | grep filname
>
>There are probably more efficient ways to use lsof, and I sure they are 
>hiding somewhere in the terribly dense man page...
>
>
>--
>Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>
>
>Associate Systems Administrator
>INCOGEN, Inc.




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