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Old 12-11-2009, 05:19 PM   #1
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Utility (or command) to see what processes have a file open

Hi. I am searching for a utility (or a command) that I can run on a file that will tell what processes have the file open. I think my distro is RedHat 4.2, but I'm not even sure of that. I'm new to Unix/Linux. Thanks in advance!
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Old 12-11-2009, 05:36 PM   #2
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Also,

uname -a

cat /etc/redhat-release

to get your kernel & OS versions
 
  


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