open_append(3)

open_append3

Open a file for appending

Usage

#include <libowfat/open.h>

int open_append(const char *filename);

Overview

open_append opens the file filename for appending write-only use and returns the file handle. If it does not exist, it will be created with mode 0600. If there was an error opening or creating the file, open_append returns -1 and sets errno accordingly.

All write operations will append after the last byte, regardless of previous calls to lseek(2) or other processes also appending to the same file.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 7–11
  3. 12–13

From libowfat-dev 0.32-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.