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     {rtf0
     \pard >> open\par
     {\b Include:}   <fcntl.h>, <io.h>, <sys\\types.h>, <sys\\stat.h>\par
     \par
     {\b Prototype:}  int open(char *path, int flag[, int mode]);\par
             oflag: O_APPEND  O_BINARY  O_CREAT  O_EXCL  O_RDONLY\par
                    O_RDWR    O_TEXT    O_TRUNC  O_WRONLY\par
                    (can be joined by |)\par
             pmode: S_IWRITE  S_IREAD   S_IREAD | S_IWRITE\par
     \par
     {\b Returns:}    a handle if successful, or -1 if not.\par
                 errno:  EACCES, EEXIST, EMFILE, ENOENT\par
     \par
     {\b See also:}   {\ul Example}{\v open.ex},\par
     {\ul Template}{\v open.tp}, access, chmod, close,
      creat, dup, dup2, fopen, sopen, umask\par
     }
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