ofstream::rdbuf

filebuf* rdbuf() const;

Return Value

Returns a pointer to the filebuf buffer object that is associated with this stream. (Note that this is not the character buffer; the filebuf object contains a pointer to the character area.)

Example

extern ofstream ofs;
int fd = ofs.rdbuf()->fd(); // Get the file descriptor for ofs

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