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	Library: unistd.h
		 sys/types.h
		 sys/stat.h
		 fcntl.h
	Prototype: int open(char *Path, int Flags);
	Syntax: int fd;
		 char *Path="/tmp/file";
		 int Flags= O_WRONLY;
		 fd = open(Path, Flags);

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Flags specify the file attributes. They must contain one of O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY or O_RDWR and may also have any of the following. O_CREAT, O_EXCL, O_NOCTTY, O_TRUNC, O_APPEND, O_NONBLOCK, O_NDELAY, O_SYNC. See the man page for full details.

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Examples:

pipe example program.

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See Also:

pipe function.

close function.

write function.

fopen function.

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Martin Leslie