How to get a directory file descriptor?

[Cong Ma]

alex23 wrote:
> On Nov 26, 12:31 am, "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <da... at druid.net> wrote:
>> Is this what you want?
>>
>> ofiles = [open(x) for x in os.listdir(os.getcwd())]
> 
> 'open' returns a "file object", whereas the OP is after "file
> descriptors", which are returned by 'os.open'.
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You got it.

So if I can't seem to get directory file descriptors, the only way to use
os.fchdir() in Python is to embed Python in C code?