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- FOPEN C Library Procedures FOPEN
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- NNAAMMEE
- fopen, freopen, fdopen - open a stream
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- _F_o_p_e_n opens the file named by _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e and associates a
- stream with it. _F_o_p_e_n returns a pointer to be used to iden-
- tify the stream in subsequent operations.
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- _T_y_p_e is a character string having one of the following
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- "r" open for reading
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- "w" create for writing
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- "a" append: open for writing at end of file, or create for
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- In addition, each _t_y_p_e may be followed by a "+" to have the
- file opened for reading and writing. "r+" positions the
- stream at the beginning of the file, "w+" creates or trun-
- cates it, and "a+" positions it at the end. Both reads and
- writes may be used on read/write streams, with the limita-
- tion that an _f_s_e_e_k, _r_e_w_i_n_d, or reading an end-of-file must
- be used between a read and a write or vice-versa.
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- _F_r_e_o_p_e_n substitutes the named file in place of the open
- _s_t_r_e_a_m. It returns the original value of _s_t_r_e_a_m. The ori-
- ginal stream is closed.
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- _F_r_e_o_p_e_n is typically used to attach the preopened constant
- names, ssttddiinn,, ssttddoouutt,, ssttddeerrrr,, to specified files.
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- _F_d_o_p_e_n associates a stream with a file descriptor obtained
- from _o_p_e_n, _d_u_p, _c_r_e_a_t, or _p_i_p_e(2). The _t_y_p_e of the stream
- must agree with the mode of the open file.
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- open(2), fclose(3), fileno(3)
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- _F_o_p_e_n and _f_r_e_o_p_e_n return the pointer NNUULLLL if _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e cannot
- be accessed, if too many files are already open, or if other
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- BBUUGGSS
- _F_d_o_p_e_n is not portable to systems other than UNIX.
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- The read/write _t_y_p_e_s do not exist on all systems. Those
- systems without read/write modes will probably treat the
- _t_y_p_e as if the "+" was not present. These are unreliable in
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- In order to support the same number of open files as does
- the system, _f_o_p_e_n must allocate additional memory for data
- structures using _c_a_l_l_o_c after 20 files have been opened.
- This confuses some programs which use their own memory allo-
- cators. An undocumented routine, _f__p_r_e_a_l_l_o_c, may be called
- to force immediate allocation of all internal memory except
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