topic Re: open processes in Operating System - HP-UX

open processes

Nyck_1 — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:33:25 GMT

I have a file system called /proj and under that file system I have a directory called nick that I wish to remove. When attempting to do so it comes back with open files witing this nick directory. So can someone remind me of the command that will allow me to list the processes that are running in this nick directory so that I can kill em off and remove it?

I was sure it was fuser but that just seems to work for file systems!

Re: open processes

Robert-Jan Goossens — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:39:49 GMT

Hi Nyck,

fuser or lsof should be able to list open files.

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/lsof-4.80/

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: open processes

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:39:59 GMT

Hi:

While 'fuser -c' against a mountpoint will generally work, 'lsof' (available from the HP-UX Porting center) is a far better choice for finding open files.

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/lsof-4.80/

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: open processes

Craig A. Sharp — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:40:25 GMT

fuser /proj/nick

Then you can kill the process that is holding it open.

Re: open processes

Nyck_1 — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:53:44 GMT

I tried fuser /proj/nick and it came back with nothing. So i will try the lsof route.

I'm sure I have used fuser on directories before but I could be wrong.

Re: open processes

Dennis Handly — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:23:28 GMT

>I'm sure I have used fuser on directories before but I could be wrong.

Some times fuser works but lsof is better.