TC: int _open( const char *path, int access )
- prototype in io.h, also include fcntl.h - this function will not create a file, use _creat() if it doesn't currently exist - access is a combination of the following: DOS 2.0+ Attributes O_RDONLY open read only O_WRONLY open write only O_RDWR open read/write DOS 3.1+ Attributes O_NOINHERIT file is not to be passed to child processes O_DENYALL file is not accessible to others (exclusive) O_DENYWRITE file is read only to all other opens O_DENYREAD file is write only to all other opens O_DENYNONE file is to be shared by all - MS C uses _dos_open() - see INT 21,3D open() _creat()