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filebyproc.d(1m)                                USER COMMANDS                               filebyproc.d(1m)



NAME
       filebyproc.d - snoop opens by process name. Uses DTrace.

SYNOPSIS
       filebyproc.d

DESCRIPTION
       filebyproc.d  is  a DTrace OneLiner to print file pathnames as they are opened, including the name of
       the process calling the open.  A line will be printed regardless of whether the open is actually suc-cessful successful
       cessful or not.

       This  is useful to learn which files applications are attempting to open, such as config files, data-base database
       base files, log files, etc.

       Docs/oneliners.txt and Docs/Examples/oneliners_examples.txt in the DTraceToolkit contain  this  as  a
       oneliner that can be cut-n-paste to run.

       Since  this  uses  DTrace,  only the root user or users with the dtrace_kernel privilege can run this
       command.

EXAMPLES
       This prints new process name and pathnames until Ctrl-C is hit.
              # filebyproc.d


FIELDS
       CPU    The CPU that recieved the event

       ID     A DTrace probe ID for the event

       FUNCTION:NAME
              The DTrace probe name for the event

       remaining fields
              The first is the name of the process, the second is the file pathname.


DOCUMENTATION
       See the DTraceToolkit for further documentation under the Docs directory. The DTraceToolkit docs  may
       include full worked examples with verbose descriptions explaining the output.

EXIT
       filebyproc.d will run forever until Ctrl-C is hit.

AUTHOR
       Brendan Gregg [Sydney, Australia]

SEE ALSO
       opensnoop(1M), dtrace(1M), truss(1)




version 1.00                                    May 15, 2005                                filebyproc.d(1m)