---
name: "mongoc_stream_file_new_for_path"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmongoc-doc"
version: "1.30.4-1+deb13u3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mongoc_stream_file_new_for_path"
---

# mongoc\_stream\_file\_new\_for\_path(3)

## SYNOPSIS

```
mongoc_stream_t *
mongoc_stream_file_new_for_path (const char *path,
                                 int flags,
                                 int mode);
```

## PARAMETERS

- •

  **path**: The path of the target file.

- •

  **flags**: Flags to be passed to **open()**.

- •

  **mode**: An optional mode to be passed to **open()** when creating a file.

This function shall create a new *mongoc\_stream\_file\_t* after opening the underlying file with **open()** or the platform equivalent.

## RETURNS

**NULL** on failure, otherwise a newly allocated *mongoc\_stream\_file\_t* that should be freed with *mongoc\_stream\_destroy()* when no longer in use.

**errno** is set upon failure.

## AUTHOR

MongoDB, Inc

## COPYRIGHT

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.