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Date:      Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:17:43 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to get filename of an open file descriptor
Message-ID:  <20071113101743.GL1188@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1194896018.4738aa922f776@webmail.rawbw.com>
References:  <1194896018.4738aa922f776@webmail.rawbw.com>

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On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 11:33:38AM -0800, Yuri wrote:
>I am looking for functionality similar to Linux's /proc/<PID>/fd/<FD>.
>I need to know what is the file name of an open file descriptor.

Note that there is not necessarily a unique (or any) filename
associated with a file descriptor.  This is an inherent part of the
Unix approach to files.

You could look at ports/sysutils/lsof or fstat(1).

--=20
Peter Jeremy
Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement
an RFC2821-compliant MTA.

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