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Old 04-08-2010, 08:06 PM   #1
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HOW to Find out what process is accessing the HDD

Hello,

I can see that the light of the HDD is flashing. I would like to find out what the process is that is accessing the HDD. Is there a way to achieve this?
Is there a utility that ties up processes with hw resources?

Thanks for reading my question, I hope you have an answer.
 
Old 04-08-2010, 08:17 PM   #2
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Look at lsof http://linux.die.net/man/8/lsof & fuser http://linux.die.net/man/1/fuser
 
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