Re: Create an istream from an fd?

From	Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com>
Subject	Re: Create an istream from an fd?
Date	2011-08-27 02:40 +0100
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:54:29 -0700, Noah Roberts wrote:

> Is there a straight forward of creating an istream out of a file
> descriptor?  If there is I'd like to use it before going off and
> making such a thing.

There is no streambuf constructor which takes a descriptor (or a FILE* for
that matter).

This article:

	http://drdobbs.com/184401305

covers creating a streambuf atop a FILE*; you could use that in
conjunction with fdopen(). This has the advantage of leaving the buffering
to the stdio implementation.

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Create an istream from an fd? Noah Roberts <roberts.noah@gmail.com> - 2011-08-26 08:54 -0700
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-08-26 17:05 +0100
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Victor Bazarov <v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> - 2011-08-26 12:20 -0400
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Vaclav Zeman <vzeman79@sh.cvut.cz> - 2011-08-26 18:34 +0200
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-27 08:48 +1200
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach:usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-08-27 01:26 +0200
    Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-27 11:30 +1200
      Re: Create an istream from an fd? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach:usenet@gmail.com> - 2011-08-27 02:46 +0200
        Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-28 10:52 +1200
          Re: Create an istream from an fd? James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-08-27 16:35 -0700
            Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-28 04:31 +0100
              Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-28 15:56 +1200
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-28 20:03 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-29 07:52 +1200
              Re: Create an istream from an fd? James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 03:54 -0700
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2011-08-29 13:55 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-29 20:12 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-30 07:49 +1200
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-30 04:40 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-30 15:51 +1200
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-31 00:03 +0100
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-31 11:55 +1200
                Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-09-02 00:50 +0100
            Re: Create an istream from an fd? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-28 16:04 +1200
  Re: Create an istream from an fd? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-08-27 02:40 +0100

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