How to Find Out If Removable Media Is Still in Use

Steps

1. Become superuser.

2. Identify the processes accessing the media.

   # fuser -u [-k] /media

   -u

   Displays the user of the media.

   -k

   Kills the process accessing the media.

   For more information on using the fuser command, see fuser(1M).

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

   # fuser -u -k /media

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   Caution –

   Killing the process accessing the media should only be used in emergency situations.

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4. Verify the process is gone.

   # pgrep process-ID

Example 2–2 Finding Out If the Media Is Still in Use

The following example shows that the process 26230c, owner pmorph, is accessing the /cdrom/sol_9_1202_sparc/s0/Solaris_9/Tools/ directory.

# fuser -u /cdrom/sol_9_1202_sparc/s0/Solaris_9/Tools/
/cdrom/sol_9_1202_sparc/s0/Solaris_9/Tools/:     7258c(pmorph)