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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 01:31:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:

> That doesn't stop this being a bug.  It shouldn't be possible to
> umount a file system which is in use.  I suppose somebody should enter
> a pr about this one.

Normally, you can't; it says ``device busy'', but if you use the -f flag
it dismounts it without question.  I like the HP-UX `fuser' idea.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major