open

Usage

open(s,m)

Signature

open:

(String, MachineInteger) $\to$ %

Parameter	Type	Description
s	String	a filename
m	MachineInteger	a mode (optional)

Description

Opens the file with the name s in the mode m, and returns the opened file. The mode is any combination of the constants fileAppend, fileRead, and fileWrite, together with one of fileBinary or fileText, grouped together with + or $\backslash/$. The default is fileRead + fileText.

Remarks

open returns nil and throws the exception FileException if the file cannot be opened for any reason.