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Re: Finding the name of a file

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Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> writes:

> On 23/01/2021 16:52, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> In article <868s8no7n7.fsf@linuxsc.com>,
>>>   Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I suggest something like this:  "What I think you're asking is
>>>> for any function that will give you the information you're
>>>> looking for.  There is no such function in purely standard C,
>>>> but there are some functions that may be what you're looking
>>>> for in Unix or Posix environments.  Some examples are (names
>>>> of candidates here).  Does this help answer your question, or
>>>> if not is there more you can say about what it is you're trying
>>>> to do?"
>>>
>>> Hint:  Not really in unix.  [..elaboration..]
>>
>> Understood.  Note that I said there are functions "that _may_ be"
>> what is being looked for.  I think it's possible that some Unix
>> functions could supply a satisfactory answer, but of course we
>> don't know since it isn't clear what the OP's requirements are.
>
> Just to point out that the file handle you have in you hand might not
> have a name.
>
> On Unix-like systems it's possible to rename or even "delete" a file
> while it is open - which will remove the filename from the
> filesystem.  But not the inode and the data.

Yes, I knew all that.  I don't think it changes any of what
I said.

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