IDENTIFY A PROCESSES

The command fuser is very handy when you want to know which processes or users have a file open. Its basic syntax is:

/etc/fuser -u /usr/my_application/foo

You must enter the file’s full path name, as shown above.

The fuser command is located under the /etc directory on HP-UX, AIX and SCO flavors. You must login as root to use it.

Its output is a raw list of processes id numbers and users login names.

Please refer to your Unix man pages to find more about this useful command.

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