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OPEN(II)                      8/5/73                     OPEN(II)



NAME
     open - open for reading or writing

SYNOPSIS
     (open = 5.)
     sys open; name; mode
     (file descriptor in r0)

     open(name, mode)
     char *name;

DESCRIPTION
     Open opens the file name for reading (if mode is 0), writing
     (if mode is 1) or for both reading and writing (if  mode  is
     2).   Name  is  the  address of a string of ASCII characters
     representing a path name, terminated by a null character.

     The returned file descriptor should be saved for  subsequent
     calls to read, write, and close.

SEE ALSO
     creat(II), read(II), write(II), close(II)

DIAGNOSTICS
     The  error bit (c-bit) is set if the file does not exist, if
     one of the necessary directories does not exist  or  is  un-
     readable,  if  the file is not readable (resp. writable), or
     if too many files are open.  From C, a -1 value is  returned
     on an error.




























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