Determine which files a process opened (Linux)

Question

I am trying to determine which files a process creates when it runs. I know that I can list the file handles of a currently running process by looking in /proc or using lsof. However, the problem is that the program finishes in less than a second. Is there any way I can get the list of files it opened when it ran? I am using CentOS.

Answer 1

$ strace -e trace=open /path/to/your/program 2>&1 | less

Answer 2

Strace

http://linux.die.net/man/1/strace