method

sysopen

v1_8_7_72 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: IO

sysopen(...) public

Opens the given path, returning the underlying file descriptor as a Fixnum.

   IO.sysopen("testfile")   #=> 3

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     IO.sysopen(path, [mode, [perm]])  => fixnum
 *  
 *  Opens the given path, returning the underlying file descriptor as a
 *  <code>Fixnum</code>.
 *     
 *     IO.sysopen("testfile")   #=> 3
 *     
 */

static VALUE
rb_io_s_sysopen(argc, argv)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
{
    VALUE fname, vmode, perm;
    int flags, fd;
    unsigned int fmode;
    char *path;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "12", &fname, &vmode, &perm);
    SafeStringValue(fname);

    if (NIL_P(vmode)) flags = O_RDONLY;
    else if (FIXNUM_P(vmode)) flags = FIX2INT(vmode);
    else {
        SafeStringValue(vmode);
        flags = rb_io_mode_modenum(RSTRING(vmode)->ptr);
    }
    if (NIL_P(perm)) fmode = 0666;
    else             fmode = NUM2UINT(perm);

    path = ALLOCA_N(char, strlen(RSTRING(fname)->ptr)+1);
    strcpy(path, RSTRING(fname)->ptr);
    fd = rb_sysopen(path, flags, fmode);
    return INT2NUM(fd);
}

sysopen

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