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FUSER(1)		   OpenBSD Reference Manual		      FUSER(1)

NAME
     fuser - identify process IDs holding specific files open

SYNOPSIS
     fuser [-cfku] [-M core] [-N system] [-s signal] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     The fuser utility writes to standard output the process IDs of processes
     running on the local system that have one or more of the named files
     open.  If file is a mounted block device, the output will show all
     processes having files opened on that file system.

     The options are as follows:

     -c	     The file is treated as a mount point and fuser will report on any
	     files open in the file system.

     -f	     Report only for the named file(s).

     -k	     Send the SIGKILL signal to each process.

     -M core
	     Extract values associated with the name list from the specified
	     core instead of the running kernel.

     -N system
	     Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the
	     running kernel.

     -s signal
	     Send the specified signal to each process.	 The signal may be
	     specified as a signal number or as a symbolic name either with or
	     without the ``SIG'' prefix.  Signal names are not case sensitive.
	     For example, the following signal arguments are equivalent:
	     ``9'', ``kill'', ``SIGKILL''.

     -u	     The real user ID of the process using the file will be printed in
	     brackets to standard error.  If the username is unable to be
	     determined, the real user ID will be printed instead.

     The -c and -f options are mutually exclusive.

     The name of the file followed by a colon (`:') is printed to standard
     error.  The following characters may be printed to standard error after
     the process ID if the described conditions are true:

	   c	   The file is the process's current working directory.
	   r	   The file is the process's root directory.
	   t	   The file is the process's executable text.

EXIT STATUS
     The fuser utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES
     Print the process IDs of any processes holding files open under the /mnt
     filesystem:

	   $ fuser -c /mnt

     Send SIGTERM to any process holding a file open under the /mnt
     filesystem:

	   # fuser -c -s term /mnt

     Report on all files opened under the filesystem on which /dev/wd0a is
     mounted:

	   $ fuser /dev/wd0a

     Report on all processes currently holding /dev/wd0a open:

	   $ fuser -f /dev/wd0a

SEE ALSO
     fstat(1), kill(1), signal(3), mount(8)

STANDARDS
     The fuser utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX'')
     specification.

     The flags [-kMNs] are extensions to that specification.

OpenBSD 4.9		      September 24, 2010		   OpenBSD 4.9

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