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<h1>fs_open<a class="headerlink" href="#fs-open" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fs_open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">filename</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">uint8_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">access_flags</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">fs_file</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">out_file</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>Opens a file at the specified path. The result of opening a nonexistent
file depends on the access flags specified. All intermediate directories
must already exist.</p>
<p>The access flags are best understood by comparing them to their
equivalent mode strings accepted by the C standard library function
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fopen()</span></code>. The mode strings passed to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fopen()</span></code> map to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs_open()</span></code>’s access flags as follows:</p>
<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">&quot;r&quot; - FS_ACCESS_READ</span>
<span class="go">&quot;r+&quot; - FS_ACCESS_READ | FS_ACCESS_WRITE</span>
<span class="go">&quot;w&quot; - FS_ACCESS_WRITE | FS_ACCESS_TRUNCATE</span>
<span class="go">&quot;w+&quot; - FS_ACCESS_READ | FS_ACCESS_WRITE | FS_ACCESS_TRUNCATE</span>
<span class="go">&quot;a&quot; - FS_ACCESS_WRITE | FS_ACCESS_APPEND</span>
<span class="go">&quot;a+&quot; - FS_ACCESS_READ | FS_ACCESS_WRITE | FS_ACCESS_APPEND</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="section" id="arguments">
<h2>Arguments<a class="headerlink" href="#arguments" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<colgroup>
<col style="width: 45%" />
<col style="width: 55%" />
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<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p><em>Argument</em></p></th>
<th class="head"><p><em>Description</em></p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>filename</p></td>
<td><p>Null-terminate
d
string
indicating the
full path of
the file to
open</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>access_fla
gs</p></td>
<td><p>Flags
controlling
file access;
see above
table</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>out_file</p></td>
<td><p>On success, a
pointer to the
newly-created
file handle
gets written
here</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<div class="section" id="returned-values">
<h2>Returned values<a class="headerlink" href="#returned-values" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>0 on success</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="fs_return_codes.html">FS error code</a> on failure</p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="section" id="notes">
<h2>Notes<a class="headerlink" href="#notes" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>There is no concept of current working directory. Therefore all file
names should start with ‘/’.</p></li>
<li><p>Always close files when you are done using them. If you forget to
close a file, the file stays open forever. Do this too many times,
and the underlying file system will run out of file handles, causing
subsequent open operations to fail. This type of bug is known as a
file handle leak or a file descriptor leak.</p></li>
</ul>
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<div class="section" id="header-file">
<h2>Header file<a class="headerlink" href="#header-file" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">#include</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="cpf">&quot;fs/fs.h&quot;</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="section" id="example">
<h2>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The below code opens the file <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/settings/config.txt</span></code> for reading,
reads some data, and then closes the file.</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">int</span>
<span class="nf">read_config</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">fs_file</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">uint32_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bytes_read</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">uint8_t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">buf</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">];</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="cm">/* Open the file for reading. */</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fs_open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;/settings/config.txt&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">FS_ACCESS_READ</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">!=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">-1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="cm">/* Read up to 16 bytes from the file. */</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fs_read</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">sizeof</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">buf</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">buf</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">bytes_read</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="cm">/* buf now contains up to 16 bytes of file data. */</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">console_printf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;read %u bytes</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bytes_read</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="cm">/* Close the file. */</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fs_close</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">?</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">-1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
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