On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:33 AM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Bryan Gardiner <b...@khumba.net> wrote: >> On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:56:18 +0200 >> Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@arcor.de> wrote: >> >>> I discovered this nifty little tool recently that tells you if any >>> deleted files are currently being kept open by running processes: >>> "app-admin/checkrestart". I usually run it after world updates so I >>> can tell whether I need a restart or not. >> >> Because I'm too lazy to unkeyword and emerge it... Does this program >> show how much space is being used by deleted files? Or, is there a way >> to access more information about or even recover such a zombie file? >> lsof gives its inode number, but I have no idea how to access it from >> there. > > I just ran it, here's the output: > > Found 22 processes using old versions of upgraded files > (15 distinct programs) > (14 distinct packages) >
Is there a way inside of checkrestart to determine exactly which processes it's telling you about? When I installed it at on Niko's suggestion I had one package but I couldn't figure out which it was. A reboot fixed that. Thanks, Mark
