open_trunc(3)

open_trunc3

Open a file for writing

Usage

#include <libowfat/open.h>

int open_trunc(const char *filename);

Overview

open_trunc opens the file filename for write-only use and returns the file handle. If the file exists, it will be truncated to zero bytes length. If it does not exist, it will be created with mode 0644. If there was an error opening or creating the file, open_trunc returns -1 and sets errno accordingly.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 7–11
  3. 12–13

From libowfat-dev 0.32-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.