FYI, my mistake... just looked closer at that script I wrote a few years ago and it uses lsof, not fuser. :) Jeremy Schneider wrote: > fuser should already be installed if it's linux - and if you're > interested, here's a script & example for running it on an oracle > datafile directory: > http://www.ardentperf.com/2007/05/03/whos-accessing-that-file/ -- http://www.ardentperf.com +1 312-725-9249 Jeremy Schneider Chicago -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l