See what files an app tries to open (and where)

[probono]

Here is a little KDE frontend that shows you which files a process tries to access. You can start any application, then this frontend, and it will tell you which files the application tries to open.

This is useful for debugging, and in order to know what's "going on"! I am using it when debugging klik.

#
# KDE frontend to see what files a process tries to open
#

PROCESSES=$(ps -e | gawk -F " " '{ print $1 " " $4}')
echo $PROCESSES
PID=$(kdialog --menu "Select a process to watch" $PROCESSES)

konsole --noclose --nomenubar --notabbar -e strace -e open -f -p $PID

Greetings,
probono