Online HelpPC 2.10      Quick Reference Utility     Copyright 1991 David Jurgens
 
                TC: int _open( const char *path, int access )                
                                                                                                                                                                          - prototype in io.h, also include fcntl.h                                                                                                                         - this function will not create a file, use _creat() if it doesn't                 currently exist                                                                - access is a combination of the following:                                                                                                              
                DOS 2.0+ Attributes                                             
                O_RDONLY        open read only                                                   O_WRONLY        open write only                                                  O_RDWR  open read/write                                                                                                                          
                DOS 3.1+ Attributes                                             
                O_NOINHERIT     file is not to be passed to child processes                      O_DENYALL       file is not accessible to others (exclusive)                     O_DENYWRITE     file is read only to all other opens                             O_DENYREAD      file is write only to all other opens                            O_DENYNONE      file is to be shared by all                                                                                                               - MS C uses _dos_open()                                                          - see   INT 21,3D   open()   _creat()                                                                                                                      
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