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Re: the umount() saga for regular linux desktop users
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 05:41:02PM +0000, William wrote:
> Regularly, when attempting to umount() a filesystem I receive 'device is busy'
> errors. The only way (that I have found) to solve these problems is to go on
> a journey into processland and kill all the guilty ones that have tied
> themselves to the filesystem concerned.
Do you know about the existence of the MNT_DETACH flag of umount(2),
or the -l option of umount(8)?
It seems that does at least some of the things you are asking for.
Andries
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