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Borland C++ 3.1 › <stdio.h>

fileno

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Gets file handle.

Defined in header <stdio.h>

Syntax

#include <stdio.h>
int fileno(FILE *stream);

Portability

DOSUNIXWindowsANSI CC++ only
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Remarks

fileno is a macro that returns the file handle for the given stream. If stream has more than one handle, fileno returns the handle assigned to the stream when it was first opened.

Return value

fileno returns the integer file handle associated with stream.

See also

Example

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
   FILE *stream;
   int handle;
   /* create a file */
stream = fopen( "DUMMY.FIL", "w");

/* obtain the file handle associated with  the stream */
handle = fileno (stream);
/* display the handle number  */
printf ("handle number: %d\n", handle);

/* close the file */
fclose (stream);
return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

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Stable link: /3.1/stdio.h/fileno/ · short form /3.1/fileno/