fuser(2)							System Calls Manual							  fuser(2)

NAME

       fuser - Reports PIDs and UIDs for files, file systems and/or the devices attached to them.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/fuser.h>

       int fuser(
	       char *file,
	       long flag,
	       struct f_user fuser_array[],
	       long sizeof_fuser_array );

PARAMETERS

       Specifies  the  file  name.   Specifies	one of the following values.  If none of the following are values are specified, the default is to
       match open files.  Matches only file ids.  Provides mount point matching.  Matches deleted files on the	mount  point  specified  by  file.
       Specifies the array.  Specifies the number of elements in the fuser array.

DESCRIPTION

       The  fuser  function  reports  a  list of PIDs and UIDs that are associated with a specified file, file system, and/or the devices that are
       attached to them.

       The fuser function can report back additional information about "matches" by ORing one of the following constants that can be  passed  back
       in  the member fu_flags: Current directory Current directory Parent of the current directory At least one file open, but the number open is
       not known.  Executable image.  Controlling terminal Trace At least one file is mmapped

RETURN VALUES

       On success, the fuser function returns the number of fuser_array elements that were found. The contents of the structure are as follows:

       typedef struct  f_user {
	       pid_t   fu_pid;
	       int     fu_flags;
	       uid_t   fu_uid; } f_user_t;

       If an error has occurred, the fuser function returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       If the fuser function fails, errno may be set to one of the following values: The array is not large enough to hold  the  number  of  array
       elements returned or the array structure cannot be filled The file parameter specified does not exist

EXAMPLES

       Open  regular files and special files are matched using the flag parameter set at 0L. Thus, if process 127 and 3220 open the /home/try file
       simultaneously and the fuser function is active, the PIDs and UIDs associated with the home/try file are reported as in the following exam-
       ple:

	      fuser("/home/try", 0L, fuser_array, 
		   (long)  (sizeof  (fuser_array)/sizeof(fuser_array[0])); Similarly, if the special device file /dev/ttyp2 is open by process 32,
	      then that PID and its associated UID are reported as in the following example:

	      fuser("/dev/ttyp2", 0L, fuser_array, 
		   (long) (sizeof (fuser_array)/sizeof(fuser_array[0]));

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