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| <h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">open</h5> |
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| <p><a name="index-open_002c-file_002di_002fo-system-call-3604"></a> |
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| <dt>Synopsis:<dd> |
| <pre class="smallexample"> int open(const char *pathname, int flags); |
| int open(const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode); |
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| <br><dt>Request:<dd>‘<samp><span class="samp">Fopen,</span><var>pathptr</var><span class="samp">/</span><var>len</var><span class="samp">,</span><var>flags</var><span class="samp">,</span><var>mode</var></samp>’ |
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| <p class="noindent"><var>flags</var> is the bitwise <code>OR</code> of the following values: |
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| <dl> |
| <dt><code>O_CREAT</code><dd>If the file does not exist it will be created. The host |
| rules apply as far as file ownership and time stamps |
| are concerned. |
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| <br><dt><code>O_EXCL</code><dd>When used with <code>O_CREAT</code>, if the file already exists it is |
| an error and open() fails. |
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| <br><dt><code>O_TRUNC</code><dd>If the file already exists and the open mode allows |
| writing (<code>O_RDWR</code> or <code>O_WRONLY</code> is given) it will be |
| truncated to zero length. |
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| <br><dt><code>O_APPEND</code><dd>The file is opened in append mode. |
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| <br><dt><code>O_RDONLY</code><dd>The file is opened for reading only. |
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| <br><dt><code>O_WRONLY</code><dd>The file is opened for writing only. |
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| <br><dt><code>O_RDWR</code><dd>The file is opened for reading and writing. |
| </dl> |
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| <p class="noindent">Other bits are silently ignored. |
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| <p class="noindent"><var>mode</var> is the bitwise <code>OR</code> of the following values: |
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| <dl> |
| <dt><code>S_IRUSR</code><dd>User has read permission. |
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| <br><dt><code>S_IWUSR</code><dd>User has write permission. |
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| <br><dt><code>S_IRGRP</code><dd>Group has read permission. |
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| <br><dt><code>S_IWGRP</code><dd>Group has write permission. |
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| <br><dt><code>S_IROTH</code><dd>Others have read permission. |
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| <br><dt><code>S_IWOTH</code><dd>Others have write permission. |
| </dl> |
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| <p class="noindent">Other bits are silently ignored. |
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| <br><dt>Return value:<dd><code>open</code> returns the new file descriptor or -1 if an error |
| occurred. |
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| <br><dt>Errors:<dd> |
| <dl> |
| <dt><code>EEXIST</code><dd><var>pathname</var> already exists and <code>O_CREAT</code> and <code>O_EXCL</code> were used. |
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| <br><dt><code>EISDIR</code><dd><var>pathname</var> refers to a directory. |
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| <br><dt><code>EACCES</code><dd>The requested access is not allowed. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENAMETOOLONG</code><dd><var>pathname</var> was too long. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENOENT</code><dd>A directory component in <var>pathname</var> does not exist. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENODEV</code><dd><var>pathname</var> refers to a device, pipe, named pipe or socket. |
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| <br><dt><code>EROFS</code><dd><var>pathname</var> refers to a file on a read-only filesystem and |
| write access was requested. |
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| <br><dt><code>EFAULT</code><dd><var>pathname</var> is an invalid pointer value. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENOSPC</code><dd>No space on device to create the file. |
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| <br><dt><code>EMFILE</code><dd>The process already has the maximum number of files open. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENFILE</code><dd>The limit on the total number of files open on the system |
| has been reached. |
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| <br><dt><code>EINTR</code><dd>The call was interrupted by the user. |
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