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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
| commit | 711594636704defae873be1a355a292505585afd (patch) | |
| tree | 59ee13f863830d8beba6cfd02bbe813dd486c26f /static/v10/man3/fopen.3 | |
| parent | 3258a063c1f189d7b019e40e525b46bef9b9a7b1 (diff) | |
docs: Added UNIX V10 Manuals
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diff --git a/static/v10/man3/fopen.3 b/static/v10/man3/fopen.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d8638862 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man3/fopen.3 @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +.TH FOPEN 3S +.CT 2 file_io +.SH NAME +fopen, freopen, fdopen, fclose, fflush \(mi open, close, or flush a stream +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <stdio.h> +.PP +.B FILE *fopen(filename, type) +.B char *filename, *type; +.PP +.B FILE *freopen(filename, type, stream) +.B char *filename, *type; +.B FILE *stream; +.PP +.B FILE *fdopen(fildes, type) +.B char *type; +.PP +.B int fclose(stream) +.B FILE *stream; +.PP +.B int fflush(stream) +.B FILE *stream; +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Fopen +opens the file named by +.I filename +and associates a stream with it. +.I Fopen +returns a pointer to be used to identify +the stream in subsequent operations. +.PP +.I Type +is a character string having one of the following values: +.nf +.ta 8n +\fL"r"\fP open for reading +\fL"w"\fP create for writing +\fL"r+w"\fP +\fL"w+r"\fP open for reading and writing +\fL"a"\fP append: open for writing at end of file, or create for writing +.fi +.PP +.I Freopen +substitutes the named file in place +of the open +.IR stream . +It returns the original value of +.IR stream . +The original stream is closed. +.I Freopen +is typically used to attach the preopened +constant names +.LR stdin , +.L stdout +and +.L stderr +to specified files. +.PP +.I Fdopen +associates a stream with a file descriptor. +The +.I type +of the stream must agree with the mode of the open file. +.PP +.I Fclose +causes any buffers for the named +.I stream +to be emptied, and the file to be closed. +Buffers allocated by the standard input/output system +are freed. +.PP +.I Fclose +is performed automatically upon +calling +.IR exit (3). +.PP +.I Fflush +causes any buffered data for the named output +.I stream +to be written to that file. +The stream remains open. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR open (2), +.IR popen (3), +.IR stdio (3), +.IR ferror (3) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.I Fopen +and +.I freopen +return +.B NULL +if +.I filename +cannot be accessed. +.PP +.I Fclose +and +.I fflush +return +.B EOF +if +.I stream +is not associated with a file, or +if buffered data cannot be transferred to that file. |
