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<h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">open</h5>
<p><a name="index-open_002c-file_002di_002fo-system-call-2504"></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>&lsquo;<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>&rsquo;
<p class="noindent"><var>flags</var> is the bitwise <code>OR</code> of the following values:
<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.
<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.
<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.
<br><dt><code>O_APPEND</code><dd>The file is opened in append mode.
<br><dt><code>O_RDONLY</code><dd>The file is opened for reading only.
<br><dt><code>O_WRONLY</code><dd>The file is opened for writing only.
<br><dt><code>O_RDWR</code><dd>The file is opened for reading and writing.
</dl>
<p class="noindent">Other bits are silently ignored.
<p class="noindent"><var>mode</var> is the bitwise <code>OR</code> of the following values:
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<dt><code>S_IRUSR</code><dd>User has read permission.
<br><dt><code>S_IWUSR</code><dd>User has write permission.
<br><dt><code>S_IRGRP</code><dd>Group has read permission.
<br><dt><code>S_IWGRP</code><dd>Group has write permission.
<br><dt><code>S_IROTH</code><dd>Others have read permission.
<br><dt><code>S_IWOTH</code><dd>Others have write permission.
</dl>
<p class="noindent">Other bits are silently ignored.
<br><dt>Return value:<dd><code>open</code> returns the new file descriptor or -1 if an error
occurred.
<br><dt>Errors:<dd>
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<dt><code>EEXIST</code><dd><var>pathname</var> already exists and <code>O_CREAT</code> and <code>O_EXCL</code> were used.
<br><dt><code>EISDIR</code><dd><var>pathname</var> refers to a directory.
<br><dt><code>EACCES</code><dd>The requested access is not allowed.
<br><dt><code>ENAMETOOLONG</code><dd><var>pathname</var> was too long.
<br><dt><code>ENOENT</code><dd>A directory component in <var>pathname</var> does not exist.
<br><dt><code>ENODEV</code><dd><var>pathname</var> refers to a device, pipe, named pipe or socket.
<br><dt><code>EROFS</code><dd><var>pathname</var> refers to a file on a read-only filesystem and
write access was requested.
<br><dt><code>EFAULT</code><dd><var>pathname</var> is an invalid pointer value.
<br><dt><code>ENOSPC</code><dd>No space on device to create the file.
<br><dt><code>EMFILE</code><dd>The process already has the maximum number of files open.
<br><dt><code>ENFILE</code><dd>The limit on the total number of files open on the system
has been reached.
<br><dt><code>EINTR</code><dd>The call was interrupted by the user.
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