[clug] Finding processes by working directory

[Kim Holburn]

At 2:47 PM +1000 04/4/5, Darren Freeman wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I am often frustrated by trying to unmount a partition and being told
>it's in use.
>
>How do I hunt down the offending process?

apart from fuser (which can also kill the offending processes you can use lsof.

lsof <directory name>

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