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Subject: Re: fstat can't..
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>
> 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
nice joke.

but it's not that


did now

tail -f /var/log/messages &
fstat /var/log/messages

on Freshly installed FreeBSD 6.0/amd64

same on FreeBSD 6.0/i386