Subject: Re: busy devices
bryan@ak.net
Date: Sun Sep 22 2002 - 03:03:18 AKDT
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 10:36:25PM -0800, Justin Dieters <enderak@gci.net> wrote:
>
> IIRC there is a command to list what processes are using like a CD-ROM,
> so you know what you need to shut down to umount it. Can someone post
> what that command is?
The command is fuser. I usually do, e.g., 'fuser -v /dev/cdrom'.
See the man page for options.
> Also, is there something that will do something similar for other
> devices, such as /dev/dsp or /dev/ttyS*?
fuser is for any file, including device files.
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