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Subject: Re: getting a list of open files versus PID nos.?
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On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:54:57 -0800
Matthew Fleming <mdf356@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is what lsof is for.  I believe there's one in ports, but I have
> never tried it.

Is there any advantage to using lsof instead of fstat(1) (fstat -p pid)?

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Bruce Cran