meino.cra...@gmx.de writes: > Hi, > > on different systems I see the write stats (/proc/dikstats) to > physical existing disks steadily increasing. > Looking at the output of lsof I cannot find any file suspicous > for receiving those writes. > > In the context of preserving the live of flash media by minimizing > the count of unessary writes I want to know which > application/daemon/etc is continous writing to that media and which > """entity""" (file/pipe/fifo...) is receiving those writes... > > How can I find that information?
iotop might tell you. Since you don't see anything in lsof, I'd assume that the file (if it's a file) is opened and closed rather than being kept open. Or could it be a swap partition which is used? -- Again we must be afraid of speaking of daemons for fear that daemons might swallow us. Finally, this fear has become reasonable.
