tempfile behavior

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch bj_666 at gmx.net
Thu Aug 9 16:16:38 EDT 2007


On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:47:10 -0700, billiejoex wrote:

>>>> fd, filename = tempfile.mkstemp()
>>>> type(fd)
> <type 'int'>
> 
> I would expect a file descriptor, not and integer.
> How do I have to use it?

File descriptors are integers.  It's a low level C thing.  Either use the
low level functions in `os` or open the file with the `filename`.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch



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