Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:34:57 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fstat can't.. Message-ID: <20051130043457.GB5078@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20051129192416.L78413@chylonia.3miasto.net> References: <20051129192416.L78413@chylonia.3miasto.net>
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 07:27:59PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> in NetBSD i've used fstat like this
>
> fstat <file>
>
> and it showed me what process uses that file.
>
> with FreeBSD 6.0 manual says it can be used that way, but it ALWAYS gives
> empty output for normal files, while works fine for /dev/* pseudofiles.
> both as user and root
Perhaps the process isn't using the file? It works fine for stuff in
/var/log, eg:
osiris-log,5:33pm> fstat maillog
USER CMD PID FD MOUNT INUM MODE SZ|DV R/W NAME
root syslogd 342 15 /var 94371 -rw-r----- 7437461 w maillog
Just as I expect.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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