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Old 12-19-2007, 12:38 AM   #1
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Which Process is writing to log file

Hi,

How can i know, which process is writing log on a particular file?

I have two similar process running, and unable to isolate, which one is writing the logs on a particular file.


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Old 12-19-2007, 12:53 AM   #2
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lsof | grep path/to/log


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Old 12-19-2007, 02:37 AM   #3
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Thank you

Works Great
 
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Thanks, for useful tip.
Works fine!
 
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