system_fopenRO() Function

The system_fopenRO function opens the file identified by path in read-only mode and returns a valid file descriptor. Use this function to open files that will not be modified by your program. In addition, you can use system_fopenRO to open a new file buffer structure using filebuf_open.

Syntax

SYS_FILE system_fopenRO(char *path);

Return Values

The system-independent file descriptor (SYS_FILE) if the open succeeds, or 0 if the open fails.

Parameters

char *path is the file name.

See Also

system_errmsg() Function, system_fopenRW() Function, system_fopenWA() Function, system_lseek() Function, system_fread() Function, system_fwrite() Function, system_fwrite_atomic() Function, system_flock() Function, system_ulock() Function, system_fclose() Function