Linux and Unix Shell Programming

fuser

Format:

fuser options file 

Options:

-k	kill all processes on file or file system
-u	show all processes on file or file system

The fuser command is used to show processes that are running on a file system or files that are being accessed. Some systems use -u and -m interchangeably. You can use the if command statement with the fuser command.

To list processes active on the device /dev/hda5:

					$ fuser -m /dev/hda5 
/dev/hda5: 1 1r 1c 1e 37 37r 37c 37e 144 
   144r 144c 144e 158 158r 158c 158e 167r 167c 
167e 178 17 8r 178c 178e 189 189r 189c
				

To kill all processes on the device /dev/hda5:

					$ fuser -k /dev/hda5
				

To see if the file doc_part is open and what processes are running on it:

					r$ fuser -m /root/doc_part /root/dt: 1 1r 1c 1e 37 37r 37c ...