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Best Way To Find What Processes Are Controlling Disks?
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schalliol
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Jun 14, 2009, 04:01 PM
 
I've got some persistent disk activity, but I can't seem to determine what's going on with a machine. I see that there's a disk activity option in Activity Monitor, but it only shows overall activity, rather than what's going on to the disks, ideas? Thanks!
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Jun 14, 2009, 04:04 PM
 
You're looking for lsof.

Try a
man lsof
to learn how to use it.
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