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Immoranimf · Apr 3rd, 2006, 8:35 AM

Please help.

I am trying to create, or find, a program that will show a list of open files on a Windows 2000/2003 server AND provide the size for each of those files. The file size information is critical. The programming language is irrelevant, but simpler would be better. Ideally, I would like to launch and run the program from a remote workstation.

The idea for this project comes from the following scenario:
Our IT department gets a page when a server if running low on free space. Watching the drive shows the free space shrinking. We need to find out which file is growing in order to determine who is eating up the free space.

I have tried looking through several different programming forums without being able to find any reference on how to pull a list of open files. I'm sure I'm just not using the right keywords. If someone could point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful.

FYI: I did find one product that supposedly does this ('Open File List' from http://www.merxsoft.com/free/ofl.htm), but the file sizes do not appear when run with the -D switch, as noted in the documentation. I tried writing the author over a week ago, but have received no response.

TIA.

Apr 3rd, 2006, 8:35 AM	#1
Immoranimf Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Open File List with File Sizes Please help. I am trying to create, or find, a program that will show a list of open files on a Windows 2000/2003 server AND provide the size for each of those files. The file size information is critical. The programming language is irrelevant, but simpler would be better. Ideally, I would like to launch and run the program from a remote workstation. The idea for this project comes from the following scenario: Our IT department gets a page when a server if running low on free space. Watching the drive shows the free space shrinking. We need to find out which file is growing in order to determine who is eating up the free space. I have tried looking through several different programming forums without being able to find any reference on how to pull a list of open files. I'm sure I'm just not using the right keywords. If someone could point me in the right direction, I would be very grateful. FYI: I did find one product that supposedly does this ('Open File List' from http://www.merxsoft.com/free/ofl.htm), but the file sizes do not appear when run with the -D switch, as noted in the documentation. I tried writing the author over a week ago, but have received no response. TIA.