NAME¶

fileno - obtain file descriptor of a stdio stream

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <stdio.h>

int fileno(FILE *stream);

fileno():

    _POSIX_C_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION¶

The function fileno() examines the argument stream and returns the integer file descriptor used to implement this stream. The file descriptor is still owned by stream and will be closed when fclose(3) is called. Duplicate the file descriptor with dup(2) before passing it to code that might close it.

For the nonlocking counterpart, see unlocked_stdio(3).

RETURN VALUE¶

On success, fileno() returns the file descriptor associated with stream. On failure, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS¶

EBADF

stream is not associated with a file.

ATTRIBUTES¶

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

STANDARDS¶

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY¶

POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO¶

open(2), fdopen(3), stdio(3), unlocked_stdio(3)