open processes

[Nyck_1]

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!

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

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

[James R. Ferguson]

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...

[Craig A. Sharp]

fuser /proj/nick

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

[Nyck_1]

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.

[Dennis Handly]

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

Some times fuser works but lsof is better.