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From: pete@bally.Bally.COM (Pete Gregory)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: Is there a "reverse fuser" ?????
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Date: 12 Apr 90 18:41:23 GMT
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Hi -

I am looking for a program (to run under AIX) that will tell me which
files are open on a unix system (rather than to tell me which processes
are using a specific file).  Example: sample output might be:

	file/device	PIDs using file/device
	-----------	----------------------
	/dev/null	111 114 117 124 15389
	/dev/rmt0	15389
	/etc/cron	117
	.		.
	.		.
	.		.

...am I naive for asking such a question?  I am a RSTS/E user from waaaaayyy
back, where such a facility was provided by the operating system.  I guess
I'd just like to see which files are open by which processes.  Don't ask me
to do something like this:

	find / -print | xargs fuser

	...because I need to use my computer for other things as well :-)

Thanks in advance.

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