---
title: fileHandleForReading
framework: virtualization
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: virtualization/vzfilehandleserialportattachment/filehandleforreading
---

# fileHandleForReading

The file handle that the guest operating system uses to read data.

## Declaration

```swift
var fileHandleForReading: FileHandle? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion When you want to send data to the guest operating system, write data to the file handle in this property.

## See Also

### Getting the file handles

- [fileHandleForWriting](virtualization/vzfilehandleserialportattachment/filehandleforwriting.md)