std::basic_filebuf<CharT,Traits>::open
| 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  | (since C++17) | 
The file is opened as if by calling std::fopen with the second argument (mode) determined as follows:
| mode | 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), where file is the pointer returned by calling fopen. 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; smust point to a null-terminated string | 
| openmode | - | the file opening mode, a binary OR of the std::ios_basemodes | 
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) | 
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