On Apr 7, 5:09 pm, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam wrote: > > I want to know if it possible to tell when a file is opened. However I > > don't want it to be the last access time. I want to know how many > > times a file opened so I can generate statistics of file usage. > > > I will be wanting to watch all files on a server so this will be on > > quite a large scale. So checking a directory on a loop for accesses > > won't work. > > > Maybe some way to monitor the Open Files section of Computer > > Management? > > > I check through Tim Golden's site but nothing jumped out at me. > > Any pointers would be great. > > I take it from the fact that you mention my site (and > your reference to "Computer Management") that you're > looking at Win32? It's always best to be explicit when > you're asking for help; a lot of people on this list > will be using Linux or Mac where the answers are > probably very different. > > This is no small task you've set yourself! As far as I know, > you're going to have to go down to the level of change journals > for this kind of thing. (Search for "NTFS change journal"). > > Although you might think: the filesystem knows when files are > being accessed; can't I hook into that directly? I think the > answer is: no. But I could be wrong. > > TJG
Sorry about not mentioning my platform. What you mention looks promising. Will look into it. Like I said knowing the last access time is not useful as I would have to be constantly looping through the directory looking for changes. Will look into NTFS change journals when I get some spare time. Thanks for the reply. Adam -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
