How to get info on process

[Tim]

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:36 +0000, Dan Track wrote:
> I've got a file /opt/development/index.html that I serve. The problem
> I'm having is that some other process is touching/locking this file at
> random intervals. Now this mystery process seems to only last for less
> than a second. So my dilemma is how do I capture what it is given the
> short space of time the process acts upon the file. What tools are
> available. 

All I can think of is the database for locate being built.  If you never
want to be able to find something in /opt by using the locate command,
you could prune /opt from the path it catalogues.

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