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Re: Finding the name of a file

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Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> writes:

> On Fri, 2021-01-15, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> writes:
>>
>>> On Tue, 2021-01-12, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> To be clear, this is true of Unix-like systems (and /proc is more or
>>>> less Linux-specific, though some other Unix-like systems may support
>>>> it).  The original post in this thread didn't specify an operating
>>>> system or file system.
>>>
>>> The OP was simply asking about the standard C library, if there is
>>> a name_of(FILE*).  [...]
>>
>> The top-of-thread posting that I saw said this (some white space
>> added):
>>
>>     Let assume that I have created a pointer to a File and
>>     I opened a file in some mode.
>>
>>     For example:  FILE*  fp = fopen("example.txt", "r")
>>
>>     I want to know if there is any function that takes as
>>     parameter the file pointer fp and returns the name of
>>     the file "example.txt" and the mode "r".
>>
>> I don't see anything there that says he is asking (only) about
>> the standard C library.  What he wants to know is about "any
>> function".  Are you referring to some other comment that I may
>> have missed?
>
> No, that's what I read, and combined with the fact that he asked in
> comp.lang.c.  [...]

I don't automatically assume a question asked in comp.lang.c
is only about standard C.  Especially not with a question
like this one, where if someone is aware of the distinction
there is a good chance they would know enough to be to find
the answer without asking.

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Finding the name of a file emanuele cannizzo <emacannizzo@gmail.com> - 2021-01-12 07:26 -0800
  Re: Finding the name of a file Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-01-12 16:14 +0000
    Re: Finding the name of a file scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-01-12 17:02 +0000
  Re: Finding the name of a file Christian Hanné <the.hanne@gmail.com> - 2021-01-12 17:29 +0100
    Re: Finding the name of a file scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-01-12 17:03 +0000
    Re: Finding the name of a file antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2021-01-12 19:52 +0000
  Re: Finding the name of a file Mark Bluemel <mark.bluemel@gmail.com> - 2021-01-12 08:37 -0800
  Re: Finding the name of a file Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2021-01-12 19:41 +0300
    Re: Finding the name of a file Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2021-01-12 09:34 -0800
      Re: Finding the name of a file Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2021-01-12 20:56 +0300
  Re: Finding the name of a file Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-01-12 09:42 -0700
    Re: Finding the name of a file Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-01-12 16:56 +0000
      Re: Finding the name of a file Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2021-01-12 19:58 +0300
      Re: Finding the name of a file Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-01-12 11:25 -0700
      Re: Finding the name of a file antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2021-01-12 20:12 +0000
        Re: Finding the name of a file Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-01-12 20:29 +0000
          Re: Finding the name of a file antispam@math.uni.wroc.pl - 2021-01-12 22:14 +0000
            Re: Finding the name of a file Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-01-12 15:12 -0800
              Re: Finding the name of a file Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2021-01-15 07:41 +0000
                Re: Finding the name of a file Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-01-15 09:54 -0800
                Re: Finding the name of a file Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2021-01-15 21:02 +0000
                Re: Finding the name of a file Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-01-15 18:30 -0700
                Re: Finding the name of a file Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2021-01-16 07:47 +0000
                Re: Finding the name of a file Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-01-20 09:11 -0800
                Re: Finding the name of a file Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2021-01-20 09:39 -0800
                Re: Finding the name of a file Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-01-23 08:52 -0800
                Re: Finding the name of a file Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-25 21:43 +0000
                Re: Finding the name of a file scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-01-25 23:47 +0000
                Re: Finding the name of a file Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-01-27 07:55 -0800
                Re: Finding the name of a file Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-01-20 09:06 -0800
  Re: Finding the name of a file Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2021-01-12 18:18 +0000
  Re: Finding the name of a file Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-01-15 20:12 +0100
    Re: Finding the name of a file scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-01-15 19:55 +0000
      Re: Finding the name of a file Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-01-16 02:06 +0100

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