open function


open


	Library:   unistd.h
		   sys/types.h
		   sys/stat.h
		   fcntl.h

	Prototype: int open(char *Path, int Flags);

	Syntax:    int fd;
		   char *Path="/tmp/file";
		   int Flags= O_WRONLY;

		   fd = open(Path, Flags);


Flags specify the file attributes. They must contain one of O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY or O_RDWR and may also have any of the following. O_CREAT, O_EXCL, O_NOCTTY, O_TRUNC, O_APPEND, O_NONBLOCK, O_NDELAY, O_SYNC. See the man page for full details.


Examples:

pipe example program.

See Also:

pipe function.

close function.

write function.

fopen function.


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