Title: Save flash movies
Subject: To save a streamed flash movie to locally stored file, for future play.
REF: http://www.elfsternberg.com/2010/11/15/linux-flash-10-saving-flash-files/

Everything in Linux hinges on file handles.
Locate the file handle, and you can get content.
Flash creates and deletes files in /tmp/Flash* too fast to copy.
Listing the /tmp directory shows they do not exist.
The solution is to access the file handle directly from /proc.


Command to identify file handles opened by flash:
   lsof -nP | egrep -i 'Flash|COMMAND'| egrep -i 'delete|COMMAND'
Output:
   COMMAND     PID   TID       USER   FD      TYPE             DEVICE  SIZE/OFF       NODE NAME
   plugin-co 17531 17589     jstile   16u      REG                8,2     12997    6804587 /tmp/FlashXXYGyyPj (deleted)

NOTE: Two important pieces of information are shown: PID and FD
NOTE: The data of consern belongs to process ID 17531, file handle 16.

Command to examine the file type:
   file /proc/17531/fd/16:
Output:
   /proc/17531/fd/16: broken symbolic link to `/tmp/FlashXXYGyyPj (deleted)'

Command to try to play the file:
   vlc /proc/17531/fd/16
Command to save the file:
   cp /proc/17531/fd/16 ~/my_file.flv