topic Re: How do I see a list of open Files ? in Operating System - HP-UX

How do I see a list of open Files ?

Joseph Scagluso — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:59:31 GMT

I need to check if a file is open on an HP-UX 11.11 i server. Should I use 'sar' ?

Re: How do I see a list of open Files ?

Jeff_Traigle — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:01:02 GMT

Nope. You use "fuser" for that.

fuser -u file_path

This will report the PID and user that has the file open.

Re: How do I see a list of open Files ?

A. Clay Stephenson — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:04:04 GMT

The standard UNIX tool is fuser but the best tool is "lsof" -- list open files. It's one of those tools that should be on every HP-UX box.

http://gatekeep.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/lsof-4.75/

Re: How do I see a list of open Files ?

Rick Garland — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:06:12 GMT

'lsof' is the tool!

Free download from http://gatekeep.cs.utah.edu
In binary depot format as well as source.

Re: How do I see a list of open Files ?

Srini Jay — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:07:25 GMT

If you are looking at a particular process, do "lsof -p process_id" to list the files opened by that process.

This displays all files - including the sockets open, etc.

Re: How do I see a list of open Files ?

Joseph Scagluso — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:20:35 GMT

Thanks, Guys...

Re: How do I see a list of open Files ?

Joseph Scagluso — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:21:56 GMT

If you are looking at a particular process, do "lsof -p process_id" to list the files opened by that process.

This displays all files - including the sockets open, etc.