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From: goldsmit@arisia.xerox.com (James L. Goldsmith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: ptrace() help request
Message-ID: <25187@adm.brl.mil>
Date: 4 Dec 90 08:19:46 GMT
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Greetings:

I am working on a project for the US Army and have a need
to monitor the openings, closing and creations of files by child
processes.  My initial thought was to use ptrace() to catch
interrupts.  Is there a better way?

Assuming there is not a better way, can you point me toward
some sample code or documentation better than the man
pages - they are remarkably obtuse.  My first cut hangs.

Portability is a concern since this beast is to be implemented
using Sun SS1's (SunOS 4.1) and SCO UNIX.

Many thanks in advance.

...jim