std::basic_filebuf::open

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std::basic_filebuf<CharT, Traits>* open( const char* s,
                                         std::ios_base::openmode mode )
(1)
std::basic_filebuf<CharT, Traits>* open( const std::string& str,
                                         std::ios_base::openmode mode )
(2) (since C++11)
std::basic_filebuf<CharT, Traits>* open( const std::filesystem::path& p,
                                         std::ios_base::openmode mode )
(3) (since C++17)
std::basic_filebuf<CharT, Traits>* open( const std::filesystem::path::value_type* s,
                                         std::ios_base::openmode mode )
(4) (since C++17)

Opens the file with the given name (s, p.c_str() (since C++17) or str.c_str(), depending on the overload).

Overload (4) is only provided if std::filesystem::path::value_type is not char.

(since C++17)

The file is opened as if by calling std::fopen(s, modestring), where modestring is determined as follows:

modestring openmode & ~ate Action if file already exists Action if file does not exist
"r" in Read from start Failure to open
"w" out, out|trunc Destroy contents Create new
"a" app, out|app Append to file Create new
"r+" out|in Read from start Error
"w+" out|in|trunc Destroy contents Create new
"a+" out|in|app, in|app Write to end Create new
"rb" binary|in Read from start Failure to open
"wb" binary|out, binary|out|trunc Destroy contents Create new
"ab" binary|app, binary|out|app Write to end Create new
"r+b" binary|out|in Read from start Error
"w+b" binary|out|in|trunc Destroy contents Create new
"a+b" binary|out|in|app, binary|in|app Write to end Create new

If openmode is not one of the modes listed, the open() fails.

If the open operation succeeds and openmode & std::ios_base::ate != 0 (the ate bit is set), repositions the file position to the end of file, as if by calling std::fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END). If the repositioning fails, calls close() and returns a null pointer to indicate failure.

If the associated file was already open, returns a null pointer right away.

Parameters

s, str, p - the file name to open
openmode - the file opening mode, a binary OR of the std::ios_base modes

Return value

this on success, a null pointer on failure.

Notes

open() is typically called through the constructor or the open() member function of std::basic_fstream.

Example

See also

checks if the associated file is open
(public member function)
flushes the put area buffer and closes the associated file
(public member function)