What is "fstat"

Fstat may refer to:

• fstat, a Unix system call to find the status of a file, related to stat (system call)
• FSTAT (software), a software program to estimate and test gene diversities and statistics

FSTAT is a computer program to estimate and test gene diversities and statistics. The program computes Nei and Weir & Cockerham families, estimators of gene diversities and F-statistics.

The software was developed by Jérôme Goudet of the Department of Ecology & Evolution at the University of Lausanne. It was last updated on February, 2002, with version 2.9.3.2. It operates on DOS and Microsoft Windows Operating systems