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From: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: umount : fs busy
Summary: fuser is in the sources archives.
Message-ID: <6401@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 10 Sep 88 14:07:39 GMT
References: <27261@neabbs.UUCP> <792@philmds.UUCP>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum)
Organization: HASA, "S" Division
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In article <792@philmds.UUCP> hulsebos@philmds.UUCP (Rob Hulsebos) writes:
[In article <27261@neabbs.UUCP> psloot@neabbs.UUCP (PAUL SLOOTMAN) writes:
[>When I want to umount a filesystem, I sometimes (entirely correctly)
[>get the message "umount failed: file system busy".
[> 
[>My uestion is: how can I find out who or what is keeping it busy?
[
[You may want to try the 'fuser(1M)' utility, if it is available on your 
[system.

you may also want to check the c.s.unix and c.s.misc archives for
reimplementations of fuser.  you should be able to port fuser to your
system in a few hours if the correct one is not preset.
-- 
John F. Haugh II (jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US)                   HASA, "S" Division

    "If the code and the comments disagree, then both are probably wrong."
                -- Norm Schryer