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Creates a <a class="el" href="classlog4cxx_1_1helpers_1_1_file_input_stream.html">FileInputStream</a> by opening a connection to an actual file, the file named by the <a class="el" href="classlog4cxx_1_1_file.html">File</a> object file in the file system. 
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