Re: Identify all open files of current OS X process
Re: Identify all open files of current OS X process
- Subject: Re: Identify all open files of current OS X process
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2015 09:02:23 -0500
Any idea what the Activity Monitor application uses for the Open Files and Ports when you inspect an application/process?
On Feb 7, 2015, at 6:26 PM, Jerry Krinock wrote:
> I need a method which will give me the paths of all files which the current OS X process (*) has open. Yes, this is for a benevolent hack and no, I am not sandboxed.
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> I’m considering using getpid() and passing the result to /usr/sbin/lsof with a -p option. This works very fast in Terminal.app, but I’m hoping for something less fragile (lsof has lots of weird options including a timeout) and more lightweight.
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> Thanks,
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> Jerry Krinock
>
> (*) Actually, this code is going in to a binary plug-in in another app, so my plug-in is going to get the open files of its host app. The purpose is to work around a deficiency in the host app’s plug-in API.
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