Re^2: File opened/closed in Windows.

I wanna be notified when a file is opened or closed somehow. The goal is to create some kind of callback, which is called when a file in windows is opened or closed. After that I can do fonky stuff, because if a file is closed, its not locked! (although the filemon spits out ALOT, so seems like a file is opened and closed alot...)

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Re^3: File opened/closed in Windows. by Marza (Vicar) on Mar 17, 2006 at 01:54 UTC
Only one file? If that is the case; I don't think filemon is the way to go as it logs the filesystem so that is many opens and closes you have to contend with. This sounds like a security issue? Have you thought about running a service and a routine to do that? You could look at Roths Dirmon script and get an idea. This script monitors a directory for adds and deletes. May not be what you are looking for but I think filemon will be a moster if I understand what you are after. We have used filemon but we ran it and greped out the stuff we wanted.....	[reply]
Re^4: File opened/closed in Windows. by Ace128 (Hermit) on Mar 17, 2006 at 06:30 UTC
Thanks, but I get to know when a file is new/deleted/modified with the Win32::AdvNotify or Win32::ReadDirectoryChanges. I wanna know when a file is opened and/or closed. Seems like I have to do this the hard way, and figure it out myself using Filemon and google... ;)	[reply]