FINDDEV(8) FINDDEV(8)
NAME
finddev - find processes using a device
SYNOPSIS
/etc/finddev [ pid ] ... [ file ] ...
DESCRIPTION
When invoked without arguments, finddev prints the number of
every process and a description of each file referred to by
that process. Giving one or more process numbers restricts
finddev's attention to those processes.
If file arguments appear, finddev prints only the process
numbers of those processes that refer to files in the argu-
ment list. If an argument file is an ordinary file, charac-
ter special file, or directory, the process must refer to
that file to be counted. If an argument is a block special
file containing a mounted file system, a process will be
counted if it refers to any file on that file system.
To see details of all processes referring to, say, the con-
sole, try:
finddev `finddev /dev/console`
Finddev has no special privileges. To use it, the user must
have permission to read /dev/mem.