>fuser -m /dev/filesys -k; sleep 10, umount filesys > >and see what happens Yes, but the particular situation I want to do this for is when there's a process in an unkillable state (i.e., in an uniterruptable sleep). Tet -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at linux.co.uk http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug