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Flags Use in The Open System Call

The document describes flags used in the open() system call. It shows bitwise OR operations combining the O_RDWR, O_APPEND, O_CREAT, and O_TRUNC flags. The open() call will open a file for read and write, append data, create the file if it doesn't exist, and truncate or clear existing file contents.

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Flags Use in The Open System Call

The document describes flags used in the open() system call. It shows bitwise OR operations combining the O_RDWR, O_APPEND, O_CREAT, and O_TRUNC flags. The open() call will open a file for read and write, append data, create the file if it doesn't exist, and truncate or clear existing file contents.

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O_TRUNC O_CREAT O_APPEND O_RDWR

open(“a file”, O_RDWR | O_APPEND | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, FILE_MODE);

Flags use in the open( ) system call

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