commands.sh

fatrace

linux

Report file access events. See also: `inotifywait`.

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Options (3)

-C, --commandboolean

Limit output to a program with a specific name

Example: sudo fatrace {{[-C|--command]}} {{program_name}}
-c, --current-mountboolean

Print file access events on the mount of the current directory to `stdout`

Example: sudo fatrace {{[-c|--current-mount]}}
-t, --timestampboolean

Add timestamps to the printout

Example: sudo fatrace {{[-t|--timestamp]}}

Examples (4)

Print file access events in all mounted filesystems to `stdout`

Limit output to a program with a specific name

sudo fatrace [-C|--command] program_name

Print file access events on the mount of the current directory to `stdout`

sudo fatrace [-c|--current-mount]

Add timestamps to the printout

sudo fatrace [-t|--timestamp]
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