Subj : Re: umount: /devel: device is busy
To   : comp.os.linux
From : R.F. Pels
Date : Fri Sep 10 2004 10:33 am

Dubravko Gorupic wrote:

> What I need is to umount partition and close all files (resources) that
> are opened on that partition, but without killing any processes that have
> opened files on it. So, complete releasing of resources from that
> partition and umounting, but without any killing.
> Is there any solution?

If there is a process that has that directory open, the only way to make the
partition non-busy is to end the process or to instruct it to move away
from it. Use the lsof program to determine which process that is, for
example:

 lsof | grep devel

and see which process is keeping the partition busy. If you can instruct it
to move away, do so, otherwise, end the process.

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Ruurd
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