Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 23:20:57 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who is using a file? Message-ID: <199605210520.XAA15083@shell.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <v03006601adc6d9daca60@[44.100.48.19]> from David Kelly at "May 20, 96 09:28:45 pm"
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Unless there's a specific utility I'm not aware of, you're looking for 'lsof'. (list open files). It's available from: ftp://vic.cc.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof There are FreeBSD binaries available. -Dave Andersen Lo and behold, David Kelly once said: > Once Upon A Time I came across the BSD utility to determine who has a > particular file open and now I've forgotten it. This is a real useful thing > when one wants to umount a fs and learns its busy. I *think* the utility > could list the open files on a filesystem and/or list the users who are > using a single file. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, n4hhe@amsat.org, dkelly@hiwaay.net > ============================================================= > To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. > - Thomas Edison > > -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."
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