Python3 os.fpathconf() Method
Python3 OS File/Directory Methods
Overview
The os.fpathconf()
method is used to return system configuration information for an open file.
Available on Unix.
Syntax
The syntax for the fpathconf()
method is as follows:
os.fpathconf(fd, name)
Parameters
fd -- The file descriptor of the open file.
name -- Optional. Similar to the
buffersize
parameter and themode
parameter in Python's built-inopen
function, themode
parameter can specify 'r, w, a, r+, w+, a+, b', indicating whether the file is read-only or writable, and whether the file is opened in binary or text mode. These parameters are similar to themode
parameter specified in thefopen
function in the C language's<stdio.h>
.
Return Value
Returns system configuration information for an open file.
Example
The following example demonstrates the use of the fpathconf()
method:
#!/usr/bin/python3
import os, sys
# Open a file
fd = os.open("foo.txt", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT)
print("%s" % os.pathconf_names)
# Get the maximum number of file links
no = os.fpathconf(fd, 'PC_LINK_MAX')
print("Maximum number of file links is :%d" % no)
# Get the maximum file name length
no = os.fpathconf(fd, 'PC_NAME_MAX')
print("Maximum file name length is :%d" % no)
# Close the file
os.close(fd)
print("Closed the file successfully!!")
Executing the above program outputs:
{'PC_MAX_INPUT': 2, 'PC_VDISABLE': 8, 'PC_SYNC_IO': 9,
'PC_SOCK_MAXBUF': 12, 'PC_NAME_MAX': 3, 'PC_MAX_CANON': 1,
'PC_PRIO_IO': 11, 'PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED': 6, 'PC_ASYNC_IO': 10,
'PC_NO_TRUNC': 7, 'PC_FILESIZEBITS': 13, 'PC_LINK_MAX': 0,
'PC_PIPE_BUF': 5, 'PC_PATH_MAX': 4}
Maximum number of file links is :127
Maximum file name length is :255
Closed the file successfully!!