On 8/1/07, Kai Ponte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, August 1, 2007 8:56 am, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > * Kai Ponte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-01-07 11:42]:
> >> That would be useful.  How would it be done? Does the kernel (or
> >> something else) track which apps are being used by various hardware
> >> items?
> >
> > lsof <dev/name>
>
> Thx!
>
> ...learn something new every day.  :)

Kai,

lsof is nice, but if you want to kill all the apps using your
thumbdrive, check out "fuser -m -k </mnt-point>" as well.

Note that this is much more dangerous, so treat with care.

Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century
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