FSTAT(1) - General Commands Manual #

FSTAT(1) - General Commands Manual

NAME #

fstat - display status of open files

SYNOPSIS #

fstat [-fnosv] [-M core] [-N system] [-p pid] [-u user] [file …]

DESCRIPTION #

fstat identifies open files. A file is considered open by a process if it was explicitly opened, is the working directory, root directory, active executable text, or kernel trace file for that process. If no options are specified, fstat reports on all open files in the system.

The options are as follows:

-f

Restrict examination to files open in the same file systems as the named file arguments, or to the file system containing the current directory if there are no additional filename arguments. For example, to find all files open in the file system where the directory /usr/src resides, type

# fstat -f /usr/src

-M core

Extract values associated with the name list from the specified core instead of the running kernel.

-N system

Extract the name list from the specified system instead of the running kernel.

-n

Numerical format. Print the device number (maj,min) of the file system the file resides in rather than the mount point name. For special files, print the device number that the special device refers to rather than the filename in /dev. Also, print the mode of the file in octal instead of symbolic form.

-o

Output file offset. Follow the size field with the descriptor’s offset. Useful for checking progress as a process works through a large file. This information is only visible to the user or superuser.

-p pid

Report all files open by the specified process. This option may be specified multiple times.

-s

Report per file io statistics in two additional columns ‘XFERS’ and ‘KBYTES’. This information is only visible to the user or superuser.

-u user

Report all files open by the specified user. This option may be specified multiple times.

-v

Verbose mode. Print error messages upon failures to locate particular system data structures rather than silently ignoring them. Most of these data structures are dynamically created or deleted and it is possible for them to disappear while fstat is running. This is normal and unavoidable since the rest of the system is running while fstat itself is running.

file …

Restrict reports to the specified files.

The following fields are printed:

USER

The username of the owner of the process (effective UID).

CMD

The command name of the process.

PID

The process ID.

FD

The file number in the per-process open file table or one of the following special names:

text

executable text inode

wd

current working directory

root

root inode

tr

kernel trace file

If the file number is followed by an asterisk (’\*’), the file is not an inode, but rather a socket, or there is an error. In this case the remainder of the line doesn’t correspond to the remaining headers – the format of the line is described later under SOCKETS.

MOUNT

If the
**-n**
flag wasn't specified, this header is present and is the
pathname that the file system the file resides in is mounted on.

DEV

If the
**-n**
flag is specified, this header is present and is the
major/minor number of the device that this file resides in.

INUM

The inode number of the file.
It will be followed by an asterisk
('`*`')
if the inode is unlinked from disk.

MODE

The mode of the file.
If the
**-n**
flag isn't specified, the mode is printed
using a symbolic format (see
strmode(3));
otherwise, the mode is printed
as an octal number.

R/W

This column describes the properties of the file descriptor:

r

	Open for reading

w

	Open for writing

e

	close-on-exec flag is set

p

	Opened after
	pledge(2)

This field is useful when trying to find the processes that are
preventing a file system from being downgraded to read-only.

SZ | DV

If the file is not a character or block special file, prints the size of
the file in bytes.
Otherwise, if the
**-n**
flag is not specified, prints
the name of the special file as located in
*/dev*.
If that cannot be located, or the
**-n**
flag is specified, prints the major/minor device
number that the special device refers to.

NAME

If filename arguments are specified and the
**-f**
flag is not, then
this field is present and is the name associated with the given file.
Normally the name cannot be determined since there is no mapping
from an open file back to the directory entry that was used to open
that file.
Also, since different directory entries may reference
the same file (via
ln(1)),
the name printed may not be the actual
name that the process originally used to open that file.

XFERS

Displays number of total data transfers performed on the file.

KBYTES

Displays total number of Kbytes written and read to the file.

SOCKETS #

The formatting of open sockets depends on the protocol domain. In all cases the first field is the domain name and the second field is the socket type (stream, dgram, etc). The remaining fields are protocol dependent. For TCP, it is the address of the tcpcb, and for UDP, the inpcb (socket pcb). For UNIX-domain sockets, it’s the address of the socket pcb and the address of the connected pcb (if connected). Otherwise the protocol number and address of the socket itself are printed. The attempt is to make enough information available to permit further analysis without duplicating netstat(1).

For example, the addresses mentioned above are the addresses which the netstat -A command would print for TCP, UDP, and UNIX-domain. These addresses are only visible to the superuser, otherwise 0x0 is printed. Sockets that have been disassociated from a protocol control block will always print 0x0. A unidirectional UNIX-domain socket indicates the direction of flow with an arrow ("<-" or “->”), and a full duplex socket shows a double arrow ("<->").

For AF_INET and AF_INET6 sockets, fstat also attempts to print the internet address and port for the local end of a connection. If the socket is connected, it also prints the remote internet address and port. A ‘*’ is used to indicate an INADDR_ANY binding. In this case, the use of the arrow ("<–" or “–>”) indicates the direction the socket connection was created.

If the socket has been spliced to or from another socket (see setsockopt(2) and SO_SPLICE) then fstat prints a thick arrow ("<==>", “<==”, or “==>”), followed by the address and endpoint information of the other socket in the splice, if available.

PIPES #

Every pipe is printed as an address which is the same for both sides of the pipe and a state that is built of the letters “RWE”. W - The pipe blocks waiting for the reader to read data. R - The pipe blocks waiting for the writer to write data. E - The pipe is in EOF state.

KQUEUE #

Each kqueue(2) is printed with some information as to queue length. Since these things are normally serviced quickly, it is likely that nothing of real importance can be discerned.

SEE ALSO #

netstat(1), nfsstat(1), ps(1), systat(1), top(1), iostat(8), pstat(8), tcpdrop(8), vmstat(8)

HISTORY #

The fstat command appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe.

CAVEATS #

Sockets in use by the kernel, such as those opened by nfsd(8), will not be seen by fstat, even though they appear in netstat(1).

BUGS #

Since fstat takes a snapshot of the system, it is only correct for a very short period of time.

Moreover, because DNS resolution and YP lookups cause many file descriptor changes, fstat does not attempt to translate the internet address and port numbers into symbolic names.

OpenBSD 7.5 - March 31, 2019