First of all Thanks Dave for the reply On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 09:51 -0500, Dave Angel wrote: > First question is why you need os.open(), and not the open() function. > I'll guess that you need some of the access modes (e.g. for file > sharing) that you get from the low level functions. So assuming that: of course access was an issue.. but i opted for it because in the document it is mentioned that os.open(besides sharing b/w processes) is low level resembling unix system call, and i thought may be efficiency is more, even though interpreted by the same python interpreter... But i never found any article regarding any efficiency difference between those.. Can u comment on this > I don't believe there's any way to use a fd ("file descriptor") to > retrieve the file name that was perhaps passed to open. There are ways > to spelunk inside Windows, but they're not advisable. And I don't know > what Unix might offer there. > > So by the time fdopen() is invoked, the name is already gone. > > Here's what I'd do. Create your own open function that has the > parameters of os.open(), but that will return an object derived from the > file object. Your derived object can have its own filename, but close() > will know what to do. Well this is what i am trying now, though i wished if there was any suitable method or attribute built within python > > Alternatively, you could encapsulate the line you showed, and just zap > the name attribute of the existing file object.right when it's being > returned by fdopen() The name attribute appears to be read only as i tried that already though through the interpreter rather than in code
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