File descriptors are simply integers, so yeah, C++ does support them (though not nessisarily as a class). To get the FD for a file, you have to open it first (duh).

Closing File Descriptors In last week’s column, we looked at using file descriptors to read and write files. After associating a file descriptor with a file, you might want to close the file ...

File descriptors below 3 are used for standard input, output, and error, the ones above 9 may be used by the shell internally. Although there is no explicit syntax for closing a file, re-using the ...

File descriptor duplication allows two file descriptors to refer to the same open file. Since read normally reads from stdin and not file descriptor 7 or 8 we need a way to duplicate file descriptor 7 ...

The number of file descriptors required exceeds the hard limit. Your system imposes other limits on file descriptors, such as a limit on stdio streams only using file descriptors below 256.

After the installation of the OS (usually about 8-12 days of running non-stop) I start getting "Bad File Descriptor" errors on random files all around the Maxtor drive and I have to go to single ...

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