[clug] Finding processes by working directory

[Tony Breeds]

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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