DOS Open File Monitor Needed

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Years ago I had a DOS utility that displayed what file names were opening
while a program was executing. Obviously this would have to be a TSR and,
hopefully, one that works under the make-believe DOS in Windows XP. Can
anyone help? Thank you.

Rip
 
RipVanWinkle said:
Years ago I had a DOS utility that displayed what file names were opening
while a program was executing. Obviously this would have to be a TSR and,
hopefully, one that works under the make-believe DOS in Windows XP. Can
anyone help? Thank you.

Rip
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Hi,
The program is called RECORDER.COM, and was a PC Magazine Utility,
from the Volume 7 Number 9 issue.

I have a copy, which I use in a DOS Box under Win98SE with no
problems. It's in the Files > DOSUtils folder of
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoeCaverlysProgrammingStuff

Joe
 
Joe Caverly wrote in
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The program is called RECORDER.COM, and was a PC Magazine Utility,
from the Volume 7 Number 9 issue.

I have a copy, which I use in a DOS Box under Win98SE with no
problems. It's in the Files > DOSUtils folder of
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JoeCaverlysProgrammingStuff
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Just for the record, there are others for DOS as well,
like Argus and KGB.
<http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/system.htm#functrace>
If any of these works in a DOS box under Win9x - don't remember,
been to long since I used them.

For Windows there is Filemon frp www.sysinternals.com as already
suggested. I think I have seen another similar windows app, but can
not recall its name right now.

All the best,
Bjørn Simonsen
 
Bjorn Simonsen said:
[...]
Just for the record, there are others for DOS as well,
like Argus and KGB.
<http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/system.htm#functrace>
If any of these works in a DOS box under Win9x - don't remember,
been to long since I used them.

For Windows there is Filemon frp www.sysinternals.com as already
suggested. I think I have seen another similar windows app, but can
not recall its name right now.
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For Windows (95/98), there was OpenTrap, 1998.11.02, $PCMag. It records
a log of files opened and closed. I ran it for a moment just now and it
is showing Kerio doing its writes; and of course that my reg .dat files
are getting some action. It has only a fraction of usefulness compared
to Filemon. It's the latter which tells me all about which app is searching
where, and in what order, and for what, and what they are up to (reading,
creating momentarily then deleting, writing, or "just looking, not buying
today"), etc.
 
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