Quick Hits: Old Unix Feature Hits the Big Time in Windows 7

A new feature in Windows 7 is that when another program prevents you from moving a file, you receive the name of the program. This feature has been in *nix as the "lsof" command since, well, probably around the time I was born. Though it isn't as pretty as the 7 version will be, it is just as functional:

root@hammer:~# lsof /rainbows
COMMAND   PID     USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE      SIZE    NODE NAME
cat     14484 liamliam    1w   REG    8,1 227082240 9723906 /rainbows
root@hammer:~#

There is an lsof in BSD, but I'm not sure about Mac OS X.

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