FUSER(ADM)                           UNIX System V


     Name
          fuser - identify processes using a file or filesystem


     Syntax
          /etc/fuser     [-ku]     files     |     filesystems     [-]
          [[ -ku ] files | filesystems]


     Description
          The fuser command outputs the process IDs of  the  processes
          that  are  using the files or local filesystems specified as
          arguments.   (fuser  does   not   work   on   remote   (NFS)
          filesystems.)  Each process ID is followed by a letter code,
          interpreted as follows:  if the process is using the file as

               1) its current directory, the code is c;

               2) the parent of its current directory (only  when  the
               file is being used by the system), the code is p; or

               3) its root directory, the code is r.

          For block-special  devices  with  mounted  filesystems,  all
          processes  using any file on that device are listed. For all
          other types of files (text files, executables,  directories,
          devices,  etc.),  only  the  processes  using  that file are
          reported.

          The following options may be used with fuser:

          -u   the user login name, in parentheses, also  follows  the
               process ID.

          -k   the SIGKILL signal is sent to each process.  Since this
               option spawns kills for each process, the kill messages
               may not show up immediately [see kill(S)].

          If more than one group of files are specified,  the  options
          may  be  respecified  for each additional group of files.  A
          lone dash cancels the options currently in force; then,  the
          new set of options applies to the next group of files.

          The process IDs are printed as a single line on the standard
          output, separated by spaces and terminated with a single new
          line.  All other output is written on standard error.

          You cannot list processes using a  particular  file  from  a
          remote filesystem mounted on your machine.  You can only use
          the filesystem name as an argument.

          Any user with permission to read /dev/kmem and /dev/mem  can
          use fuser.  Only the super-user can terminate another user's
          process


     Files
          /unix               for system name list
          /dev/kmem           for system image
          /dev/mem            also for system image


     See Also
          mount(ADM), ps(C), kill(S), signal(S).


     (printed 7/13/90)                                 FUSER(ADM)