[ale] unmount problem

[Sean Kilpatrick]

On Thursday, December 05, 2013 03:45:18 pm Jim Kinney wrote:
> lsof | grep <path to mounted thumbdrive>

Tried that.  returns nothing.

 
$ mount
/dev/sdh1 on /media/A848-7B72 type vfat 
$ lsof | grep /media/A848-7B72
$ 


Sean






> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >  If I plug a thumb drive into a usb port, I can open it and
> >  manipulate
> > 
> > files without a problem.
> > 
> > BUT . . . .
> > 
> > when I try to unmount the thing, I am told that another program has
> > opened a file on the drive and the OS refuses to unmount the damn
> > thing.
> > 
> > I can not, for the life of me, figure out WHICH piece of software is
> > the problem. Right now, to guarantee safety, I am rebooting to
> > unmount the thumb drive. There must be a better way! I thought
> > dropbox might be the grimlin, but that's not it.
> > 
> > I have looked in /var/log/messages and used ps and top to no avail.
> > 
> > Clues would be appreciated.
> > 
> > Sean
> > 
> > 
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