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| From: | John Myers <electronerd@×××××××××××××.net> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] how to find if a program is using a particular /dev device? | ||
| Date: | Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:24:02 | ||
| Message-Id: | 200511180019.36886.electronerd@electronerdia.net | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] how to find if a program is using a particular /dev device? by michael@michaelshiloh.com | ||
| 1 | On Thursday 17 November 2005 23:54, michael@×××××××××××××.com wrote: |
| 2 | > I have a custom device driver in /dev/ that can only be used by one |
| 3 | > program at a time. Since the device is /dev/ttyUSB0, I can see if anyone |
| 4 | > is using it by: |
| 5 | > |
| 6 | > ls -l /proc/*/fd/* | grep ttyUSB0 |
| 7 | > |
| 8 | > Is there a utility or other better way I can discover which process, or |
| 9 | > better, which program, is using a particular device? |
| 10 | > |
| 11 | > Thanks, |
| 12 | > Michael |
| 13 | try lsof |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] how to find if a program is using a particular /dev device? | michael@×××××××××××××.com |