Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:12:03 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Display files currently in the buffer cache Message-ID: <43663443.2090802@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <43633948.5030801@paradise.net.nz> References: <43633948.5030801@paradise.net.nz>
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Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Dear hackers, > > I'm interested in being able to display some data about the contents of > the buffer cache , say file name and page offset (something like IRIX's > 'bufview'). > > Is there any utilities that do this currently? (searched around but > didn't see anything in ports). > > Assuming not, is it feasible to write one to do this? (if so, any > pointers appreciated - massive FreeBSD internals newbie here....). This would be a cool tool! I've been thinking of that too, and also would like to have a lkdump tool - which dumps information about currently locked files. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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