Linux/Fuser README
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This module attempts to provide some of the functionality of the Unix
command 'fuser' for use in Perl programs that might need to know whether
a file is opened by another process.

The way that it does this is highly OS dependent and I would be surprised
( but happily surprised ) if it proves to work on any other OS than Linux
from 2.2 onward -  If it is found to work on other platforms please do
contact the author and we will look at changing the name :) I would also
be grateful of any patches that might cause it to work on other OS.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make test
  make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module has no dependencies other than it will almost certainly only
work on a Linux system with a /proc filesystem compatible with the one
found with the 2.2.* kernel.

EXAMPLES

Then supplied 'pfuser' program shows the basic usage of this module.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C)2001 Jonathan Stowe <[email protected]>

This software carries no warranty either express of implied.

This is free software, it can be distributed and/or modified under the
same terms as Perl itself.  The Perl license can be found in the file
README in the Perl source distribution.