how to tell which process is accessing my disk?

[David J Patrick]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 08:39:17PM -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> hi folks,
> 
> i have a vague feeling i've sent this query out before, but i can't find
> a record of it.  is there a tool that lets me see what process is
> accessing the disk?  i just had a half-hour period where i couldn't use
> my computer at ll because trackerd was monopolizing the disk.  i'd like
> to be able to fire up a command-line tool that will tell me what's going
> on in such cases.  

the command in question is most likely "top". It's the bomb!
djp
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