Monitor file system activity

Oct 05, '01 09:46:27PM

Contributed by: bhines

Hard drive thrashing and you don't know why? Just curious to see what apps are doing to your hard disk behind your back? Give yourself a wide terminal window and type:

sudo fs_usage
You will get a running display of file system access. As always, "man fs_usage" for more info. This and other tools can be found in /usr/bin.

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