def stderr_handle(self):
        """Get handle to stderr_file."""
        if self.stderr_file is not None:
            # Needed to prevent any error that could appear.
            # See issue 6267
            try:
                handle = codecs.open(self.stderr_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
            except Exception:
                handle = None
        else:
            handle = None

        return handle
Get handle to stderr_file.