source: general/genutils/lsof.xml@ 2a54f99

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

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<!ENTITY lsof-download-ftp " "> -->

<!-- URL is for a mirror.  Change back to below if/when main site comes back. -->

<!ENTITY lsof-download-http  "https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/lsof_&lsof-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY lsof-download-ftp  " ">
<!ENTITY lsof-md5sum        "10e1353aa4bf2fd5bbed65db9ef6fd47">
<!ENTITY lsof-size          "1.1 MB">
<!ENTITY lsof-buildsize     "9.6 MB">
<!ENTITY lsof-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="lsof" xreflabel="lsof-&lsof-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="lsof.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>lsof-&lsof-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="lsof">
    <primary sortas="a-lsof">lsof</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to lsof</title>

    <para>
      The <application>lsof</application> package is useful to LiSt Open
      Files for a given running application or process.
    </para>

    &lfs101_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&lsof-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&lsof-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &lsof-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &lsof-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &lsof-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &lsof-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">lsof Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="libtirpc"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/lsof"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of lsof</title>

    <para>
      The contents of the <application>lsof</application> tarball
      include another tarball with the source code, which needs, in turn,
      to be unpacked. Install <application>lsof</application> by running the
      following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>tar -xf lsof_&lsof-version;_src.tar  &amp;&amp;
cd lsof_&lsof-version;_src           &amp;&amp;
./Configure -n linux       &amp;&amp;
make CFGL="-L./lib -ltirpc"</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a working test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m0755 -o root -g root lsof /usr/bin &amp;&amp;
install -v lsof.8 /usr/share/man/man8</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>./Configure -n linux</command>: Avoid AFS, customization, and
      inventory checks, and use the linux dialect.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>make CFGL="-L./lib -ltirpc"</command>: Add the libtirpc
      libraries location to the <command>make</command> command.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>lsof</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="lsof-app">
        <term><command>lsof</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            lists open files for running processes
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="lsof lsof-app">
            <primary sortas="b-lsof">lsof</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>