Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:20801 comp.unix.questions:15728 comp.unix.wizards:17702 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!peregrine!ccicpg!cci632!rit!tropix!moscom!ur-valhalla!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!rutgers!gatech!uflorida!haven!h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu!cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu!kannan From: kannan@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (R. Kannan) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: FILE descriptor <-> FILE pointers Keywords: FILE descriptors, FILE pointers, fdopen, fileno ... Message-ID: <148@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu.edu> Date: 22 Jul 89 07:39:05 GMT Sender: news@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu Lines: 16 fdopen can be used to convert file descriptor to a FILE pointer fileno can be used to convert a FILE pointer to file descriptor A file descriptor is returned by open and used by dup, write, read etc A FILE pointer is returned by fopen and used fprintf, fscanf , fget* and printf and scanf (implicitly). this is in response to some netters question about conversion from FILE pointers to file descriptors and vice versa.. --kannan :wq