File descriptor to file object

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Mon Jun 14 15:05:32 EDT 2010


On 6/14/10 9:57 AM, Nathan Huesken wrote:
> Hi,
>
> tempfile.mkstemp returns a file name and a file descriptor (as returned
> by os.open). Can I somehow convert this descriptor to a file object?

Thomas Jollans' advice is likely best, but to answer your specific question, use 
os.fdopen() to make a file object corresponding to the file descriptor.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco




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