Get file name from file handle

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On Feb 17, 9:21 am, loial <jldunn2... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Is there anyway, having been passed a file handle, to get the
> filename?
>
> I am assuming not, but thought I would ask

If by file handle you mean the object returned by 'file' and 'open'
functions, it has a name attribute.
If by file handle you mean the file descriptor, i.e. the integer used
for low level I/O, then there is no
way I know of. I believe that number is an index in an array of 'file
descriptors' somewhere inside the
C library ( below python interpreter level ), but I don't know if/how
an user program can access it.

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