 Abstract --------  B 	HOT_FILES is designed to locate open files on mounted volumes and@ 	display the number of reads and writes that have been performed= 	on them. This information is contained in the window control D 	block(s) associated with each open file. The program can be used to@ 	locate heavily accessed files with the aim of improving overallD 	system performance by tuning these files. This can be done by usingA 	a simple program to hold the suspect files open and periodically = 	checking the counts with HOT_FILES. Change mode to executive E 	privilege is required to execute this program. This release contains ; 	a bug fix that produced an infinate loop under Decwindows. 