open() flags

[Jeff]

Hello everybody,

I just came accross a little problem, I think the answer must be
silly, but I may as well ask. I want open() to create a file if it
does not exist, or else open it, and then for it to append text to the
end of it. Which flags would I use ? I tried (O_CREAT | O_WRONLY |
O_APPEND) but that won't work...

Any help will be appreciated,
Cheers!

- Jeff

[Joona I Palaste]

Jeff <ag*******@netcourrier.com> scribbled the following:

Hello everybody, I just came accross a little problem, I think the answer must be
silly, but I may as well ask. I want open() to create a file if it
does not exist, or else open it, and then for it to append text to the
end of it. Which flags would I use ? I tried (O_CREAT | O_WRONLY |
O_APPEND) but that won't work... Any help will be appreciated,
Cheers!

Most like you'll be wanting comp.unix.programmer, as open() is not a
standard C function.

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[nrk]

Jeff wrote:

Hello everybody,

I just came accross a little problem, I think the answer must be
silly, but I may as well ask. I want open() to create a file if it
does not exist, or else open it, and then for it to append text to the
end of it. Which flags would I use ? I tried (O_CREAT | O_WRONLY |
O_APPEND) but that won't work...

Any help will be appreciated,
Cheers!

- Jeff

As has been mentioned, this is off-topic in this group.

<OT>
but I am curious... what exactly is errno when the open fails, and what does
perror report? One likely reason could be that you don't have proper
permissions to create or access the file (errno is EACCES then).
</OT>

-nrk.

[Jeff]

nrk <ra*********@deadbeef.verizon.net> wrote in message news:<dq**************@nwrddc03.gnilink.net>...

<OT>
but I am curious... what exactly is errno when the open fails, and what does
perror report? One likely reason could be that you don't have proper
permissions to create or access the file (errno is EACCES then).
</OT>

Yep that's the one. perror() prints "Permission denied", and errno is set to EACCES.

Sorry for posting on the wrong newsgroup, I will repost on comp.unix.programmer.

Cheers!

- Jeff

[Grumble]

Jeff wrote:

Yep that's the one. perror() prints "Permission denied", and
errno is set to EACCES.

chmod might come in handy, as in chmod 644 your_file

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

Jeff <ag*******@netcourrier.com> spoke thus:

I just came accross a little problem, I think the answer must be
silly, but I may as well ask. I want open() to create a file if it
does not exist, or else open it, and then for it to append text to the
end of it. Which flags would I use ? I tried (O_CREAT | O_WRONLY |
O_APPEND) but that won't work...

Just for laughs, what's wrong with fopen( my_file, "a" )?

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[CBFalconer]

nrk wrote:

Jeff wrote:

I just came accross a little problem, I think the answer must be
silly, but I may as well ask. I want open() to create a file if
it does not exist, or else open it, and then for it to append
text to the end of it. Which flags would I use ? I tried
(O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND) but that won't work...

As has been mentioned, this is off-topic in this group.

<OT>
but I am curious... what exactly is errno when the open fails,
and what does perror report? One likely reason could be that

Since you obviously know it is OT, and that there is no such
function as open in standard C, why do you ask about it here? Is
this some form of dyslexia? Or possibly attention deficit
disorder? Short-term memory loss (extending over entry of two
lines!)?

The answer will help us evaluate your future posts.

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[nrk]

CBFalconer wrote:

nrk wrote:

Jeff wrote:

>
> I just came accross a little problem, I think the answer must be
> silly, but I may as well ask. I want open() to create a file if
> it does not exist, or else open it, and then for it to append
> text to the end of it. Which flags would I use ? I tried
> (O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND) but that won't work...
>

As has been mentioned, this is off-topic in this group.

<OT>
but I am curious... what exactly is errno when the open fails,
and what does perror report? One likely reason could be that

Since you obviously know it is OT, and that there is no such
function as open in standard C, why do you ask about it here? Is
this some form of dyslexia? Or possibly attention deficit
disorder? Short-term memory loss (extending over entry of two
lines!)?

The answer will help us evaluate your future posts.

I made reasonable efforts to mark the off-topic contents in my post.
Perhaps you should brush up your reading and comprehension abilities if you
failed to spot that. Thankfully, the OP engaged his brain better than
yourself and moved to a more appropriate forum to raise his question.

-nrk.