Files
execution-counter/README.md
2022-12-13 18:54:09 +01:00

24 lines
594 B
Markdown

# Execution-counter
This program uses `inotify` ([man page](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/inotify.7.html)) to monitor file accesses for each file in $PATH. A potential use-case is to find which files are not needed in a docker-image.
## Build
```
gcc exec_tracker.c -o exec_tracker
```
## Usage
```sh
# Track number of times executables in PATH are accessed
./exec_tracker
# Track number of times regular files in <directory> is accessed
./exec_tracker <directory>
```
## Acknowledgments
The code borrows heavily from the `inotify` manual page in the Linux Programmer's Manual.