Re: How to get file info from file handle

[PhilipNienhuis]

Mike Miller-2 wrote
> 
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Philip Nienhuis <pr.nienhuis@>
> wrote:
>> Nicholas Jankowski wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 3:34 PM, PhilipNienhuis<pr.nienhuis@>
>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to get some file info (e.g., file name) from a file
>>>> handle
>>>> returned by fopen?
>>
>>
>>> assuming you did a fopen("all") or something that means you don't have
>>> the filename in the firstplace.  If you do a fopen(fid) it will give
>>> you back info about the file. Otherwise, there's some stuff in the
>>> Octave user manual (octave.pdf) section on System Utilities /
>>> Filesystem Utilities.  In particular I see fileattrib and stat. stat
>>> works of a 'file' or 'fid'. it only mentions a 'file' for fileattrib.
>>
>>
>> Thanks, I didn't spot that section (my bad).
>>
>> Unfortunately no way yet to recover the file name.....
> 
> Try
> 
> name = fopen(fd)
> 
> should return the original name you opened it with.  This is
> documented in 'help fopen'.
> 

Thanks, just what I needed. 
Sorry I've overlooked that one too.... :-(

Philip

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