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Hi all, What is the command to know which process is using a certain file ? Thanks, Frederic...
  1. 08-24-2005 #1
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    Command to know which process is using a certain file



    Hi all,

    What is the command to know which process is using a certain file ?

    Thanks,
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  2. 08-24-2005 #2
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    Code:
    lsof
    is what you want.

    to see what's using a file (lets say "filename") use:

    Code:
    lsof | grep filename
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    i thought it was :
    Code:
    fuser [files | filesystems]
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