Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to thefile

[parag_paul@hotmail.com]

I tried unistd.h
but nothing much

[Ian Collins]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path tothe file

parag_paul@hotm ail.com wrote:

I tried unistd.h
but nothing much

Tried what? Ah, I see you hid your question in the subject line.

This topic has been done to death here several times, check the archives.

--
Ian Collins.

[Eric Sosman]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path tothe file

parag_paul@hotm ail.com wrote:

I tried unistd.h
but nothing much

(Please put your question in the body of your message, and use
the Subject line as a "title" or "motto" for the discussion. Don't
rely on Subject to carry the whole load.)

This is Question 19.15 in the comp.lang.c Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ) list, <http://www.c-faq.com/>, and you're not
going to like the answer.

--
Eric.Sosman@sun .com

[Keith Thompson]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to the file

"parag_paul@hot mail.com" <parag_paul@hot mail.comwrites:

I tried unistd.h
but nothing much

Please put the question:

Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to the
file

in the body of your message.

There is no way in standard C to do this, unless you remember the file
name when you open it. The reference to unistd.h implies that you're
using a Unix-like system; I don't believe there's any direct way to do
this under Unix either, but if there is you'll get better answers in
comp.unix.progr ammer (check their FAQ(s) first).

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

[vippstar@gmail.com]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to thefile

On Oct 3, 11:29 pm, Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.orgw rote:
<snip>

The reference to unistd.h implies that you're
using a Unix-like system; I don't believe there's any direct way to do
this under Unix either, but if there is you'll get better answers in
comp.unix.progr ammer (check their FAQ(s) first).

I've asked before, they don't have one :-(
It'd be helpful.

[lawrence.jones@siemens.com]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to the ?file

parag_paul@hotm ail.com <parag_paul@hot mail.comwrote:

I tried unistd.h
but nothing much

It would be helpful if you actually stated your question (how to get a
file name from a file pointer) in the text rather than just in the
subject.

On many systems, there is no unique mapping between file names and
files; there can be zero, one, or many names for a file. There is no
function either in standard C or in Posix to do that.
--
Larry Jones

Mom would be a lot more fun if she was a little more gullible. -- Calvin

[Keith Thompson]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to the file

vippstar@gmail. com writes:

On Oct 3, 11:29 pm, Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.orgw rote:
<snip>

>The reference to unistd.h implies that you're
>using a Unix-like system; I don't believe there's any direct way to do
>this under Unix either, but if there is you'll get better answers in
>comp.unix.prog rammer (check their FAQ(s) first).

>
I've asked before, they don't have one :-(
It'd be helpful.

A Unix FAQ is posted regularly to comp.unix.quest ions and
comp.unix.shell . See, for example,
<http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/>. Question 4.3 is "How do I
find the name of an open file?". (The answer was written 15 years
ago, but I don't think anything has changed.)

--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

[parag_paul@hotmail.com]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to thefile

On Oct 4, 2:26 am, vipps...@gmail. com wrote:

On Oct 3, 11:29 pm, Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.orgw rote:
<snip>
>

The reference to unistd.h implies that you're
using a Unix-like system; I don't believe there's any direct way to do
this under Unix either, but if there is you'll get better answers in
comp.unix.progr ammer (check their FAQ(s) first).

>
I've asked before, they don't have one :-(
It'd be helpful.

A small question ,
where can I find the archives and is there a direct search to the same

[Keith Thompson]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to the file

"parag_paul@hot mail.com" <parag_paul@hot mail.comwrites:

On Oct 4, 2:26 am, vipps...@gmail. com wrote:

>On Oct 3, 11:29 pm, Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.orgw rote:
><snip>
>>

The reference to unistd.h implies that you're
using a Unix-like system; I don't believe there's any direct way to do
this under Unix either, but if there is you'll get better answers in
comp.unix.progr ammer (check their FAQ(s) first).

>>
>I've asked before, they don't have one :-(
>It'd be helpful.

>
A small question ,
where can I find the archives and is there a direct search to the same

Um, which archives? groups.google.c om archives most Usenet posts.
www.faqs.org archives frequently asked questions list, though not in a
particularly reader-friendly format. I found the Unix FAQ by a simple
Google search for "Unix FAQ".

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

[Flash Gordon]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path tothe file

parag_paul@hotm ail.com wrote, On 04/10/08 18:17:

On Oct 4, 2:26 am, vipps...@gmail. com wrote:

>On Oct 3, 11:29 pm, Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.orgw rote:

<snip>

>>comp.unix.pro grammer (check their FAQ(s) first).

>I've asked before, they don't have one :-(
>It'd be helpful.

>
A small question ,
where can I find the archives and is there a direct search to the same

Google Groups, through which you are posting, acts as an archive and
allows you to search! There are, I believe, other places that also
archive some groups. However, News Groups are not a centralised thing so
there is no one definitive archive (although Google tries to be one).
--
Flash Gordon
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If emailing me use my reply-to address
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[christian.bau]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to thefile

On Oct 4, 1:21 am, Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.orgw rote:

A Unix FAQ is posted regularly to comp.unix.quest ions and
comp.unix.shell .  See, for example,
<http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/>.  Question 4.3 is "How do I
find the name of an open file?".  (The answer was written 15 years
ago, but I don't think anything has changed.)

Well, something has changed. From the answer: "Just realize that
searching a 600 megabyte filesystem for a file that may not even exist
is going to take some time." Filesystems with only 600 megabyte are
hard to find nowadays :-)

[Gordon Burditt]

Re: Given a file pointer is there any way to get the fill path to thefile

>Well, something has changed. From the answer: "Just realize that

>searching a 600 megabyte filesystem for a file that may not even exist
>is going to take some time."

Searching for the file on a 1TB filesystem will be even slower.

>Filesystems with only 600 megabyte are
>hard to find nowadays :-)

I disagree. CD-ROMs are limited to about 700 megabytes and it's not
uncommon to use less than that for smaller distributions.

It's true that *disk drives* and more recently *memory sticks* with
only 600 megabytes are hard to find. However, disks can be
partitioned, and a filesystem fits on one partition. There are
advantages to having a small root filesystem (say, 200MB, 50% full)
on UNIX: it's written to infrequently (except during system
upgrades), so the chances of corruption due to power failure or
accidental reset are low. Incremental backups are small. Filesystem
checks are faster. There is likely to be little or no user-owned
data on it. (It's assumed that such filesystems as /usr, /var,
/tmp, /usr/local, and /home are on mounted filesystems). Restoring
a root filesystem is a bit painful but it's less painful if the
backup is on one CD/DVD or memory stick.