Linux 101 : Mount - devive busy - error message
The below command tells us which users/processes are using the directory - /media/backup -, which is our mountpoint:
The output means that user1 is inside the directory - /media/backup -
The "c" means current directory, and the number preceding it, is the process ID using our partition.
Another example value is "e" for running.
Remark:
We could shutdown the processes using our directory using the below command:
We could them mount our partition and check if it is mounted, using the below command:
When we are done working with our partition, we could unmount it using the below command:
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