How can I see which processes locked a file?

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How do you find out which processes have a lock on a given file, in Linux?

Teddy · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-05 02:19:22Z

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In addition to lslk, you could also try lsof.

answered Oct 5 '09 at 2:19

Teddy
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dogbane · Answer 2 · 2009-10-05 17:39:32Z

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In the example below, I have run fuser against a jar file and it has shown me the pids for the processes using the jar.

$ fuser app.jar

app.jar:    15529m   26293m   23017m

edited Oct 5 '09 at 17:39

answered Oct 5 '09 at 7:35

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emgee · Answer 3 · 2009-10-05 02:18:27Z

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You try lslk?

answered Oct 5 '09 at 2:18

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	lslk is old stuff; for example, it does not appear anymore in newer releases of RHEL than 3. – wzzrd Oct 5 '09 at 11:13
	Yeah, lsof was what I was thinking of. But it was already on my Debian Etch box, so go figure. – emgee Oct 5 '09 at 15:37

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