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Example header

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Added template re: lowercase commands

DrModiford: GNU Project link

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GNU Project link

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Typos

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Added File Name

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Emphasised Note:

DrModiford: File System option

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File System option

DrModiford: Highlight command

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Highlight command

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Slight typos

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Process option

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	The output from 'fstat' is very detailed and includes the user name, command or running process (often called a [[daemon]] or background service) and its associated pid number. It also shows the finer details of the file system including the I-Node, access permissions and size of the object.		The output from 'fstat' is very detailed and includes the user name, command or running process (often called a [[daemon]] or background service) and its associated pid number. It also shows the finer details of the file system including the I-Node, access permissions and size of the object.
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		+	== Examples ==

	The following sections demonstrate the command with example output.		The following sections demonstrate the command with example output.

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	The '''fstat''' command is used to determine the status of file system objects (directories and files) in use by users and processes. It is similar in purpose to the [[GNU Project]]'s [[lsof]] command.		The '''fstat''' command is used to determine the status of file system objects (directories and files) in use by users and processes. It is similar in purpose to the [[GNU Project]]'s [[lsof]] command.

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−	The '''fstat''' command is used to determine the status of file system objects (directories and files) in use by users and processes. It is similar in purpose to the [[GNU]] ~~project~~'s [[lsof]] command.	+	The '''fstat''' command is used to determine the status of file system objects (directories and files) in use by users and processes. It is similar in purpose to the [[GNU Project]]'s [[lsof]] command.

	The output from 'fstat' is very detailed and includes the user name, command or running process (often called a [[daemon]] or background service) and its associated pid number. It also shows the finer details of the file system including the I-Node, access permissions and size of the object.		The output from 'fstat' is very detailed and includes the user name, command or running process (often called a [[daemon]] or background service) and its associated pid number. It also shows the finer details of the file system including the I-Node, access permissions and size of the object.

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-The '''fstat''' command is used to determine the status of file system objects (directories and files ) in use, whether it be by a user or a process.  It is similar in purpose to the [[GNU]] project's [[lsof]] command.
+The '''fstat''' command is used to determine the status of file system objects (directories and files) in use by users and processes.  It is similar in purpose to the [[GNU]] project's [[lsof]] command.
-The output from 'fstat' is very detailed and includes the user name, the command or running process (often called a [[daemon]] or background service) and its associated pid number.  It also shows the finer details of the file system including the I-Node, access permissions and size of the object.
+The output from 'fstat' is very detailed and includes the user name, command or running process (often called a [[daemon]] or background service) and its associated pid number.  It also shows the finer details of the file system including the I-Node, access permissions and size of the object.
 The following sections demonstrate the command with example output.

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-'''fstat''' is a command similar to the [[lsof]] command Linux users are familiar with.  Simply put, it returns a list of all open files and what user context they've been opened in.  Handy arguments:
+The '''fstat''' command is used to determine the status of file system objects (directories and files ) in use, whether it be by a user or a process.  It is similar in purpose to the [[GNU]] project's [[lsof]] command.
- '''fstat -f /usr/local/etc''' - only return locked files from the filesystem containing '''/usr/local/etc/''' ('''/usr''', on most systems)
+The output from 'fstat' is very detailed and includes the user name, the command or running process (often called a [[daemon]] or background service) and its associated pid number.  It also shows the finer details of the file system including the I-Node, access permissions and size of the object.
-  '''fstat /usr/local/sbin/smbd''' - only return info on processes and users locking the file '''/usr/local/sbin/smbd'''.
 === File System ===
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   root     syslogd      501   13 /var     471045 -rw-------    5444   w
-'''Note:''' this does not determine the file status of the specified directory or filename but the file status on the file system that particular item resides upon.  In the case of this example ''/var'' was the underlying file system.  To determine the actual user or process using a specific file use the [[lsof]] command.
+'''Note:''' this does not determine the file status of the specified directory or filename but the file status on the file system that particular item resides upon.  In the case of this example ''/var'' was the underlying file system.  To determine the actual user or process using a specific file use the 'File Name' method above.
 === Process ===

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 To determine the file status for a particular process the option '''-p ''pid-number''''' is used.  For example assuming [[sendmail]] is assigned a [[pid]] of 677 (determined from the [[ps]] commend):
-  %fstat -p 677
+  '''%fstat -p 677'''
   USER     CMD          PID   FD MOUNT      INUM MODE         SZ|DV R/W
   smmsp    sendmail     677 root /             2 drwxr-xr-x     512   r