Tcl_GetOpenFile(3) Tcl Library Procedures Tcl_GetOpenFile(3)______________________________________________________________________________NAMETcl_GetOpenFile - Return a FILE* for a channel registered in the given
interpreter (Unix only)
SYNOPSIS
#include <tcl.h>
int
Tcl_GetOpenFile(interp, chanID, write, checkUsage, filePtr)
ARGUMENTS
Tcl_Interp *interp (in) Tcl interpreter from which file
handle is to be obtained.
const char *chanID (in) String identifying channel, such as
stdin or file4.
int write (in) Non-zero means the file will be
used for writing, zero means it
will be used for reading.
int checkUsage (in) If non-zero, then an error will be
generated if the file was not
opened for the access indicated by
write.
ClientData *filePtr (out) Points to word in which to store
pointer to FILE structure for the
file given by chanID.
_________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTIONTcl_GetOpenFile takes as argument a file identifier of the form
returned by the open command and returns at *filePtr a pointer to the
FILE structure for the file. The write argument indicates whether the
FILE pointer will be used for reading or writing. In some cases, such
as a channel that connects to a pipeline of subprocesses, different
FILE pointers will be returned for reading and writing. Tcl_GetOpen‐
File normally returns TCL_OK. If an error occurs in Tcl_GetOpenFile
(e.g. chanID did not make any sense or checkUsage was set and the file
was not opened for the access specified by write) then TCL_ERROR is
returned and the interpreter's result will contain an error message.
In the current implementation checkUsage is ignored and consistency
checks are always performed.
Note that this interface is only supported on the Unix platform.
KEYWORDS
channel, file handle, permissions, pipeline, read, write
Tcl 8.0 Tcl_GetOpenFile(3)
