is file open in system ? - other than lsof

[paul]

bvidinli schrieb:
> is there a way to find out if file open in system ? -
> please write if you know a way  other than lsof. because lsof if slow for me.
> i need a faster way.
> i deal with thousands of files... so, i need a faster / python way for this.
> thanks.
I think you can do this with inotify. It's an event based notification 
mechanism for linux kernel 2.6.13 and up. It has python bindings 
available (google for pyinotify).
You will receive events like IN_OPEN,IN_CLOSE,etc. and keep track of 
opened files this way.

hth
  Paul