On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 12:19:44PM -0800, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:11 pm, Mike Klinke flailed at a keyboard and > produced this: > > On Sunday 30 January 2005 13:59, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > > > > > How could the file be busy? I'm not looking at it in any other > > > program. I've tried to delete it in several ways, even su'ing to > > > root to do so. > > > > > > Any thoughts? What could be causing this, and how can I fix it? > > > > As root, does "lsof <filename>" show any processes associated with > > the file? > > # lsof Concerning\ Hobbits.mp3 > > yields nothing. Bah. > [snip] Try (as root) lsof | grep "Concerning Hobbits.mp3" That ought to tell you what PID has the file open -- Gunnar vS Kramm San Francisco, CA http://www.thekramms.com gpg public key: http://thekramms.com/keys/gkramm.gpg
