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diff --git a/man3p/fopen.3p b/man3p/fopen.3p new file mode 100644 index 000000000..18292c29e --- /dev/null +++ b/man3p/fopen.3p @@ -0,0 +1,236 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "FOPEN" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" fopen +.SH NAME +fopen \- open a stream +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fB#include <stdio.h> +.br +.sp +FILE *fopen(const char *restrict\fP \fIfilename\fP\fB, const char +*restrict\fP \fImode\fP\fB); +.br +\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIfopen\fP() function shall open the file whose pathname is the +string pointed to by \fIfilename\fP, and associates a +stream with it. +.LP +The \fImode\fP argument points to a string. If the string is one of +the following, the file shall be opened in the indicated +mode. Otherwise, the behavior is undefined. +.TP 7 +\fIr\fP\ or\ \fIrb\fP +Open file for reading. +.TP 7 +\fIw\fP\ or\ \fIwb\fP +Truncate to zero length or create file for writing. +.TP 7 +\fIa\fP\ or\ \fIab\fP +Append; open or create file for writing at end-of-file. +.TP 7 +\fIr+\fP\ or\ \fIrb+\fP\ or\ \fIr+b\fP +Open file for update (reading and writing). +.TP 7 +\fIw+\fP\ or\ \fIwb+\fP\ or\ \fIw+b\fP +Truncate to zero length or create file for update. +.TP 7 +\fIa+\fP\ or\ \fIab+\fP\ or\ \fIa+b\fP +Append; open or create file for update, writing at end-of-file. +.sp +.LP +The +character \fB'b'\fP shall have no effect, but is allowed for ISO\ C +standard conformance. Opening a file with read mode (\fIr\fP as the +first character in the \fImode\fP argument) shall +fail if the file does not exist or cannot be read. +.LP +Opening a file with append mode (\fIa\fP as the first character in +the \fImode\fP argument) shall cause all subsequent writes +to the file to be forced to the then current end-of-file, regardless +of intervening calls to \fIfseek\fP(). +.LP +When a file is opened with update mode ( \fB'+'\fP as the second or +third character in the \fImode\fP argument), both input +and output may be performed on the associated stream. However, the +application shall ensure that output is not directly followed by +input without an intervening call to \fIfflush\fP() or to a file positioning +function ( \fIfseek\fP(), \fIfsetpos\fP(), or \fIrewind\fP()), and +input is not directly followed by output without an intervening call +to a file +positioning function, unless the input operation encounters end-of-file. +.LP +When opened, a stream is fully buffered if and only if it can be determined +not to refer to an interactive device. The error and +end-of-file indicators for the stream shall be cleared. +.LP +If +\fImode\fP is \fIw\fP, \fIwb\fP, \fIa\fP, \fIab\fP, \fIw\fP+, \fIwb\fP+, +\fIw\fP+\fIb\fP, \fIa\fP+, \fIab\fP+, or +\fIa\fP+\fIb\fP, and the file did not previously exist, upon successful +completion, the \fIfopen\fP() function shall mark for +update the \fIst_atime\fP, \fIst_ctime\fP, and \fIst_mtime\fP fields +of the file and the \fIst_ctime\fP and \fIst_mtime\fP +fields of the parent directory. +.LP +If \fImode\fP is \fIw\fP, \fIwb\fP, \fIw\fP+, \fIwb\fP+, or \fIw\fP+\fIb\fP, +and the file did previously exist, upon +successful completion, \fIfopen\fP() shall mark for update the \fIst_ctime\fP +and \fIst_mtime\fP fields of the file. The +\fIfopen\fP() function shall allocate a file descriptor as \fIopen\fP() +does. +.LP +After a successful call to the \fIfopen\fP() function, the orientation +of the stream shall be cleared, \ the encoding +rule shall be cleared, and the associated \fBmbstate_t\fP object +shall be set to describe an initial conversion state. +.LP +The +largest value that can be represented correctly in an object of type +\fBoff_t\fP shall be established as the offset maximum in the +open file description. +.SH RETURN VALUE +.LP +Upon successful completion, \fIfopen\fP() shall return a pointer to +the object controlling the stream. Otherwise, a null +pointer shall be returned, \ and \fIerrno\fP shall be set to indicate +the error. +.SH ERRORS +.LP +The \fIfopen\fP() function shall fail if: +.TP 7 +.B EACCES +Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix, or +the file exists and the permissions specified by \fImode\fP are +denied, or the file does not exist and write permission is denied +for the parent directory of the file to be created. +.TP 7 +.B EINTR +A +signal was caught during \fIfopen\fP(). +.TP 7 +.B EISDIR +The named file is a directory and \fImode\fP requires write access. +.TP 7 +.B ELOOP +A +loop exists in symbolic links encountered during resolution of the +\fIpath\fP argument. +.TP 7 +.B EMFILE +{OPEN_MAX} file descriptors are currently open in the calling process. +.TP 7 +.B ENAMETOOLONG +.sp +The length of the \fIfilename\fP argument exceeds {PATH_MAX} or a +pathname component is longer than {NAME_MAX}. +.TP 7 +.B ENFILE +The maximum allowable number of files is currently open in the system. +.TP 7 +.B ENOENT +A +component of \fIfilename\fP does not name an existing file or \fIfilename\fP +is an empty string. +.TP 7 +.B ENOSPC +The directory or file system that would contain the new file cannot +be expanded, the file does not exist, and the file was to be +created. +.TP 7 +.B ENOTDIR +A +component of the path prefix is not a directory. +.TP 7 +.B ENXIO +The named file is a character special or block special file, and the +device associated with this special file does not exist. +.TP 7 +.B EOVERFLOW +The named file is a regular file and the size of the file cannot be +represented correctly in an object of type \fBoff_t\fP. +.TP 7 +.B EROFS +The named file resides on a read-only file system and \fImode\fP requires +write access. +.sp +.LP +The \fIfopen\fP() function may fail if: +.TP 7 +.B EINVAL +The value of the \fImode\fP argument is not valid. +.TP 7 +.B ELOOP +More than {SYMLOOP_MAX} symbolic links were encountered during resolution +of the \fIpath\fP argument. +.TP 7 +.B EMFILE +{FOPEN_MAX} streams are currently open in the calling process. +.TP 7 +.B EMFILE +{STREAM_MAX} streams are currently open in the calling process. +.TP 7 +.B ENAMETOOLONG +.sp +Pathname resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate result +whose length exceeds {PATH_MAX}. +.TP 7 +.B ENOMEM +Insufficient storage space is available. +.TP 7 +.B ETXTBSY +The file is a pure procedure (shared text) file that is being executed +and \fImode\fP requires write access. +.sp +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH EXAMPLES +.SS Opening a File +.LP +The following example tries to open the file named \fBfile\fP for +reading. The \fIfopen\fP() function returns a file pointer +that is used in subsequent \fIfgets\fP() and \fIfclose\fP() calls. +If the program cannot open the file, it just ignores it. +.sp +.RS +.nf + +\fB#include <stdio.h> +\&... +FILE *fp; +\&... +void rgrep(const char *file) +{ +\&... + if ((fp = fopen(file, "r")) == NULL) + return; +\&... +} +\fP +.fi +.RE +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +None. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fIfclose\fP() , \fIfdopen\fP() , \fIfreopen\fP() , the Base Definitions +volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, \fI<stdio.h>\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |