ICI Modules: sys: open

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Modules by name : by type

Synopsis

int = sys.open(string, int [, int])

Description

Opens the file named in the first argument with the access mode specified by the second. The access mode is formed from the logical or of the following values,

• sys.O_RDONLY
• sys.O_WRONLY
• sys.O_RDWR
• sys.O_APPEND
• sys.O_CREAT
• sys.O_TUNC
• sys.O_EXCL
• sys.O_SYNC
• sys.O_NDELAY
• sys.O_NONBLOCK
• sys.O_BINARY (Windows)

The optional third argument is used if the O_CREAT flag is set and specifies the permissions for the created file.