File descriptors are simply integers, so yeah, C++ does support them (though not nessisarily as a class). To get the FD for a file, you have to open it first (duh).

Closing File Descriptors In last week’s column, we looked at using file descriptors to read and write files. After associating a file descriptor with a file, you might want to close the file ...

The number of file descriptors required exceeds the hard limit. Your system imposes other limits on file descriptors, such as a limit on stdio streams only using file descriptors below 256.

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