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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: monitor file system activity
From:       Matt Rogers <mattr () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-07-16 3:10:19
Message-ID: 200607152210.19689.mattr () kde ! org
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On Saturday 15 July 2006 21:59, Navindra Umanee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run KDE my disk gets accessed every fraction of a second.  I
> would like to find out what is doing this.  I've been trying to kill
> processes but nothing short of "init 3" seems to help so far.
>
> Can anyone suggest a tool that will tell me in real time what file is
> being accessed by which process?  Something like FileMon but for Linux
> (couldn't find the Linux version).
>
> Thanks!
> Navin.
>

Do you know whether or not polling is used when watching for file system 
changes? That could be one of the causes. I would suggest using either famd 
or the new inotify support (if your kernel supports it) to watch for changes 
and see if that helps. 

Other than that, I don't have any ideas.
--
Matt
 
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