[clug] Finding processes by working directory
Tony Breeds
tony at bakeyournoodle.com
Mon Apr 5 04:46:41 GMT 2004
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 02:47:59PM +1000, 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?
use fuser
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tony at balder:~$ umount /cdrom
umount: /cdrom: device is busy
umount: /cdrom: device is busy
tony at balder:~$ fuser -m /cdrom
/cdrom: 6564c
tony at balder:~$ fuser -vm /cdrom
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/cdrom tony 6564 ..c.. bash
tony at balder:~$ kill -9 6564
tony at balder:~$ fuser -vm /cdrom
tony at balder:~$ umount /cdrom
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Yours Tony
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