[KLUG Members] determining what is using a resource

[Bruce Smith]

> I have had times when I am trying to accomplish
> something (like unmounting a drive or running a
> program that needs to use the sound card) and I get an
> error that something is using the device
> /dev/thedevicename.  How can I determine what process
> on the computer is using the device so that I can get
> it to release?  

To find what files are being used in a directory so you can unmount 
it, you can use use the "fuser -m /mnt/dir" command to list all the
processes that have open files in that directory tree.  (then stop 
or kill the processes)  "fuser" has other useful options too, see
the man page.

As far as other device files, you'll have to be more specific.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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