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Clib Reopen File Method

The Clib Reopen File method closes the file associated with a file pointer. It then opens a file and associates it with the file pointer of the file that it closed. You can use it to redirect one of the predefined file handles to a file or from a file. These file handles include stdout, stderr, and stdin. It returns one of the following values:

• If successful, then it returns a copy of the old file pointer.
• If not successful, then it returns the following value:

  Null

Format

Clib.freopen(filename, mode, oldFilePointer)

Table 129 describes the arguments for the Clib Reopen File method.

Example

The following example uses the same file pointer to write to two different files:

var oFile = Clib.fopen("c:\\temp\\firstfile","w");
if (oFile == null)
{
   TheApplication().RaiseErrorText("File not found.");
}
Clib.fprintf(oFile, "Writing to first file\n");
Clib.freopen("c:\\temp\\secondfile", "w", oFile);
if (oFile == null)
{
   TheApplication().RaiseErrorText("File not found.");
}
Clib.fprintf(oFile, "Writing to second file\n");
Clib.fclose(oFile);

Related Topics

For more information, see the following topics:

• Clib Open File Method
• Clib Get Environment Variable Method