[ale] unmount problem

[Jim Kinney]

lsof | grep <path to mounted thumbdrive>



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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