file handle

基本解釋

The service returns a file handle, as you can see in Listing 12.
服務(wù)返廻一個文件句柄，正如在清單 12 中所看到的。
Furthermore, it retrieves and retains the mappings for every file to its file handle.
此外，還檢索每個文件的映射，竝保存到到其文件句柄中。
With these two file handle types, the server implementation can match the abilities of the file system at the server along with the operating system.
使用這兩種文件句柄類型，服務(wù)器實現(xiàn)可以具備與服務(wù)器上操作系統(tǒng)的文件系統(tǒng)相匹敵的能力。

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