Re^2: File Open by Process

I am on Linux and trying to create a script which calls an external program which in turn calls compilers and linkers to build C/C++ applications. I would like to capture all the file opens from the the external program to find out exactly which files were opened with complete path to them.

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Re^3: File Open by Process by Eliya (Vicar) on Nov 22, 2011 at 21:16 UTC
`$ strace -f -eopen ./yourscript.pl` [download] or `$ strace -f -efile ./yourscript.pl` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: File Open by Process by shaikh741 (Novice) on Nov 22, 2011 at 21:31 UTC
Thank you so much. I am working on my script, so I cannot try it at this time, but to confirm, it should also follow any processes created by my Perl script (compiler, linker, etc calls) if -f options is passed to it, correct?	[reply]
Re^5: File Open by Process by Eliya (Vicar) on Nov 22, 2011 at 21:36 UTC
it should also follow any processes created by my Perl script Yes, that's what the `-f` is for. See `"man strace"` for other useful options.	[reply] [d/l] [select]