Getting a HANDLE from a std::ofstream

Question

Is it possible to get the underlying file HANDLE from a std::ofstream (Visual C++ 2005)?

This is the opposite of this question:

Can I use CreateFile, but for

Answer 1

With the VisualC++ 2010 libraries, the following should work. I assume it's the same for VisualC++ 2005, but you will have to verify:

FILE* fh = fopen(...);

HANDLE hFile = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(_fileno(fh));
// do something on hFile

// create iostream from FILE
std::ifstream ifs(fh);

// use it...

// close FILE
_close(fh);