On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:48:19 -0800 (PST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That was it. Thanks! > M
you could also try strace -eopen programname It will give a pretty verbose account of what files are opened by programname. (and of course devices, like everything else, are files) > > > On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, John Myers wrote: > > > On Thursday 17 November 2005 23:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I have a custom device driver in /dev/ that can only be used by one > >> program at a time. Since the device is /dev/ttyUSB0, I can see if anyone > >> is using it by: > >> > >> ls -l /proc/*/fd/* | grep ttyUSB0 > >> > >> Is there a utility or other better way I can discover which process, or > >> better, which program, is using a particular device? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Michael > > try lsof > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
