Defined in header <cstdio> | ||
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std::FILE* fopen( const char* filename, const char* mode ); |
Opens a file indicated by filename
and returns a file stream associated with that file. mode
is used to determine the file access mode.
Parameters
filename | - | file name to associate the file stream to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
mode | - | null-terminated character string determining file access mode
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Return value
If successful, returns a pointer to the object that controls the opened file stream, with both eof and error bits cleared. The stream is fully buffered unless filename refers to an interactive device.
On error, returns a null pointer. POSIX requires that errno
is set in this case.
Notes
The format of filename
is implementation-defined, and does not necessarily refer to a file (e.g. it may be the console or another device accessible through filesystem API). On platforms that support them, filename
may include absolute or relative filesystem path.
For portable directory and file naming, see C++ filesystem TS or boost.filesystem.
Example
#include <cstdio> #include <cstdlib> int main() { FILE* fp = std::fopen("test.txt", "r"); if(!fp) { std::perror("File opening failed"); return EXIT_FAILURE; } int c; // note: int, not char, required to handle EOF while ((c = std::fgetc(fp)) != EOF) { // standard C I/O file reading loop std::putchar(c); } if (std::ferror(fp)) std::puts("I/O error when reading"); else if (std::feof(fp)) std::puts("End of file reached successfully"); std::fclose(fp); }
See also
closes a file (function) | |
synchronizes an output stream with the actual file (function) | |
open an existing stream with a different name (function) | |
C documentation for fopen |
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