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GetFileHandle

Extract OS handle from an untyped file or text file.

Declaration

Source position: filutilh.inc line 230

function GetFileHandle(

  var f: file

):THandle;

function GetFileHandle(

  var f: Text

):THandle;

Description

GetFileHandle returns the operating system handle for the file descriptor F. It can be used in various file operations which are not directly supported by the pascal language.