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<h3 class="section">4.15 <code>fileno</code>&mdash;return file descriptor associated with stream</h3>
<p><a name="index-fileno-176"></a><strong>Synopsis</strong>
<pre class="example"> #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
int fileno(FILE *<var>fp</var>);
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<p><strong>Description</strong><br>
You can use <code>fileno</code> to return the file descriptor identified by <var>fp</var>.
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<strong>Returns</strong><br>
<code>fileno</code> returns a non-negative integer when successful.
If <var>fp</var> is not an open stream, <code>fileno</code> returns -1.
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<strong>Portability</strong><br>
<code>fileno</code> is not part of ANSI C.
POSIX requires <code>fileno</code>.
<p>Supporting OS subroutines required: none.
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