How to Determine If Removable Media Is Still in Use

1. Become superuser.

2. Identify the processes that are accessing the media.

   # fuser -u /media

   The -u displays the user of the media.

   For more information, see fuser(1M).

3. (Optional) Kill the process accessing the media.

   # fuser -u -k /media

   The -k kills the processes accessing the media.

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   Caution –

   Killing the processes that are accessing the media should only be used in emergency situations.

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4. Verify that the process is gone.

   # pgrep process-ID

Example 3–2 Determining If the Media Is Still in Use

The following example shows that the user pmorph, is accessing the /media/sol_10_1008_sparc/Solaris_10/Tools directory.

# fuser -u /media/sol_10_1008_sparc/Solaris_10/Tools
/media/sol_10_1008_sparc/Solaris_10/Tools:      723c(pmorph)     316c(pmorph)