import os def create_fds(): pipes = [] for i in range(10): (fd1, fd2) = os.pipe() pipes.append((os.fdopen(fd2, "wb"), os.fdopen(fd1, "rb"))) return pipes def filename(pipef): return 'pipe:[%d]' % os.fstat(pipef.fileno()).st_ino def dump_opts(sockf): return []