how to find out files open and who's got them open

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2 total messages Started by Kurt Lenfesty Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:52

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Author: Kurt Lenfesty
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:52

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Is there any way of finding out what files are open
and what programs are accessing those files.  I have
an optical disk and sometimes it won't eject because there are  
files open (the disk is busy).  When I worked with vms systems  
this facility was part of the operating system.  What is keeping  
track of file access and how do I find out?  Thank you very much.

klenfest@zeus.UWaterloo.ca
p.s. please post before Dec. 31 as I'm disappearing to Toronto.

Re: how to find out files open and who's got them open

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Author: Erik Oliver
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:53

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In article <BzzLz7.As4@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> klenfest@zeus.UWaterloo.ca (Kurt Lenfesty) writes:
>
>Is there any way of finding out what files are open
>and what programs are accessing those files.  I have
>an optical disk and sometimes it won't eject because there are  
>files open (the disk is busy).  When I worked with vms systems  
>this facility was part of the operating system.  What is keeping  
>track of file access and how do I find out?  Thank you very much.
>
>klenfest@zeus.UWaterloo.ca
>p.s. please post before Dec. 31 as I'm disappearing to Toronto.

We use a program called, 'lsof', list of open files.  It gives us a list
of the other open files on the machine.  I suspect using archie might
find it for you, or it might be at nova.cc.purdue.edu in the next
archives.

I will ask my co-systemadmin for where he got it if you can't find it.

-Erik
eoliver@ralph.cs.haverford.edu

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