source: general/genutils/lsof.xml@ ae2aab61

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY lsof-download-http " ">
<!ENTITY lsof-download-ftp  "ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/lsof/lsof_&lsof-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY lsof-md5sum        "1b9cd34f3fb86856a125abbf2be3a386">
<!ENTITY lsof-size          "768 KB">
<!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>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <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>

    &lfs77_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>

    <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</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 -m755 -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 target-dialect Linux. 
    </para>

  </sect2>

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

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</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-prog">
        <term><command>lsof</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>lists open files for running processes.</para>
          <indexterm zone="lsof lsof-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-lsof">lsof</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>