Date: 2010may5 OS: Windows Language: C/C++ Q. How can I get a Windows HANDLE for stdin or stdout? A. Here's how:

#include <stdio.h> #include <io.h> HANDLE hStdIn, hStdOut; hStdIn = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); hstdOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);

or:

hStdIn = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(fileno(stdin)); hStdOut = (HANDLE) _get_osfhandle(fileno(stdout)); // Now you can use hStdIn and hStdOut in regular win32 function like: GetFileInformationByHandle(hStdIn, &info); GetFileSizeEx(hStdOut, &li); type = GetFileType(hStdIn); ...