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we have many unix-type server , they sometimes have files transfer between them by some method eg .ftp , ssh , rcp , I would like to ask if I want to know what file is transferring / receiving from remote server , for example , if I want to know what file is transferring ( eg. by the command of ssh ) , I heard the command "watch" may do that , I tried watch -n 10 ssh but not work , can advise what can i do it ? thx.

Try
top -c -u <usrname>

thx reply ,

when I use top -c -u ora_usr

it pops :

top: Unknown argument `u'
usage: top -hvbcisqS -d delay -p pid -n iterations


can advise what is wrong ? thx

what distro and shell are you running?

RHEL 3 & shell version is 2.4.x .

thx

If you know the upload directory (say it's "/var/upload") you could use lsof like 'lsof -w -n +D/var/upload'. Another alternative method could be to use a kernel facility like [i|d]notify. FAM (check out FAM) used dnotify in kernel 2.4 but it's generally considered nonperformant. Inotify is kernel 2.6's answer with which you can use say inotifywait ('inotifywait -m -r -e create /var/upload) and maybe a script that logs whatever it gets to syslog. Using inotify on kernel 2.4 is kind of invasive since it requires the inotify backport kernel patch (and I don't know if it's in the vanilla kernel source) but at least you know there's an alternative.