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- .th FSTAT II 8/5/73
- .sh NAME
- fstat \*- get status of open file
- .s3
- .sh SYNOPSIS
- (fstat = 28.)
- .br
- (file descriptor in r0)
- .ft B
- .br
- sys fstat; buf
- .s3
- fstat(fildes, buf)
- .br
- struct inode *buf;
- .ft R
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- This
- call is identical to
- .it stat,
- except that it operates
- on open files instead of files given by name.
- It is most often used to get the status
- of the standard input and output files, whose names
- are unknown.
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- stat (II)
- .sh DIAGNOSTICS
- The error bit
- (c-bit) is set if the file descriptor is unknown;
- from C, a \*-1 return indicates an error, 0 indicates success.
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