5.3. Printing `Node` File Names
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## 5.3. Printing `Node` File Names

One of the most common things you can do with a Node is use it to print the file name that the node represents. Keep in mind, though, that because the object returned by a builder call is a list of Nodes, you must use Python subscripts to fetch individual Nodes from the list. For example, the following `SConstruct` file:

    object_list = Object('hello.c')
    program_list = Program(object_list)
    print("The object file is: %s"%object_list[0])
    print("The program file is: %s"%program_list[0])

Would print the following file names on a POSIX system:

    % scons -Q
    The object file is: hello.o
    The program file is: hello
    cc -o hello.o -c hello.c
    cc -o hello hello.o

And the following file names on a Windows system:

    C:\>scons -Q
    The object file is: hello.obj
    The program file is: hello.exe
    cl /Fohello.obj /c hello.c /nologo
    link /nologo /OUT:hello.exe hello.obj
    embedManifestExeCheck(target, source, env)

Note that in the above example, the `object_list[0]` extracts an actual Node object from the list, and the Python `print` function converts the object to a string for printing.

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