# xarray.backends.DummyFileManager

### *class* xarray.backends.DummyFileManager(value, , close=None, lock=None)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/backends/file_manager.py#L557-L590)

FileManager that simply wraps an open file in the FileManager interface.

#### \_\_init_\_(value, , close=None, lock=None)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/backends/file_manager.py#L560-L571)

### Methods

| [`__init__`](#xarray.backends.DummyFileManager.__init__)(value, \*[, close, lock])                                             |                                                                |
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| [`acquire`](xarray.backends.DummyFileManager.acquire.html.md#xarray.backends.DummyFileManager.acquire)([needs_lock])                 | Acquire the file object from this manager.                     |
| [`acquire_context`](xarray.backends.DummyFileManager.acquire_context.html.md#xarray.backends.DummyFileManager.acquire_context)([needs_lock]) | Context manager for acquiring a file.                          |
| [`close`](xarray.backends.DummyFileManager.close.html.md#xarray.backends.DummyFileManager.close)([needs_lock])                     | Close the file object associated with this manager, if needed. |