Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.015 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:file': 0.07; 'subject:How': 0.09; 'descriptor': 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; 'sockets': 0.09; 'sure,': 0.09; "(i'm": 0.16; 'pipes': 0.16; 'wed,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'exists': 0.17; 'seems': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.25; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'subject:list': 0.28; 'subject:all': 0.29; 'mode': 0.30; 'file': 0.32; 'getting': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'pm,': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'too': 0.36; 'does': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'well.': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; "you'll": 0.62; 'subject:get': 0.81; 'to:name:python': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/hJTRUdnC9SXVBSujvkxZ5DqcGIFPRoV99ucOrR2JCQ=; b=Ld6ni5O80ZnSTCJoHgU2PmERDypXaIr6MZPSom8xpgCip80md8Yw9kYsq06Gm1liZ1 R7ccEo1PnygLbQCUQ0kEM4YcxRAqqtfEK6J6dW5xzMQSrh2F0ILy1bZfp7E/mM9ReRIu 7x0139dJJk3UjvmI8OrxOvqJPOyvhHaITdSzvUwz/dbQax8yyXY7bX4szGcUGE4wODML Hpqjg13IBf8ucIGZefvFIf30klkbkTHk+VSgYmszy1o4C1fAcHj6FAeWmGtY+KxtbET/ yH63KuGpwAeIK+ZmDGdrFHLB/4Wqzho4bHTp1drAr9BYyuQGuTjJQV+qkh3EQOATRnHb 0WsA== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Ian Kelly Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:40:11 -0600 Subject: Re: How to get the list of all my open file(descriptor)s and locks? To: Python Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 8 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1348090842 news.xs4all.nl 6981 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56178 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:29529 On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Ismael Farf=E1n wrot= e: > It seems like I can use os.fstat to find out if a fd exists and also > get it's type and mode (I'm getting some pipes too : ) Sure, because files and pipes both use the file descriptor abstraction. If your process does any networking, you'll find sockets in there as well.