Re^2: check which files are open to write/read by another process

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Actually, most non-Linux Unix OSses (and even most Linux distros) have at least one of fuser or lsof (the latter stands for 'list open files'...). Of course, to get that information about processes run by a different UID than you currently are, you need root privs.

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Re^3: check which files are open to write/read by another process by cdarke (Prior) on Nov 25, 2010 at 12:58 UTC
`fuser` is in the POSIX standard, `lsof` is not.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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