1In_channel(3)                    OCaml library                   In_channel(3)
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NAME

6       In_channel - Input channels.
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Module

9       Module   In_channel
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Documentation

12       Module In_channel
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16       Input channels.
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19       Since 4.14.0
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25       type t = in_channel
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28       The type of input channel.
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31       type open_flag = open_flag =
32        | Open_rdonly  (* open for reading.
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34        | Open_wronly  (* open for writing.
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36        | Open_append  (* open for appending: always write at end of file.
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38        | Open_creat  (* create the file if it does not exist.
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40        | Open_trunc  (* empty the file if it already exists.
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42        | Open_excl  (* fail if Open_creat and the file already exists.
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44        | Open_binary  (* open in binary mode (no conversion).
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46        | Open_text  (* open in text mode (may perform conversions).
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48        | Open_nonblock  (* open in non-blocking mode.
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52       Opening modes for In_channel.open_gen .
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58       The standard input for the process.
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62       val open_bin : string -> t
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64       Open the named file for reading, and return a new input channel on that
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69       val open_text : string -> t
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71       Same as In_channel.open_bin , but the file is opened in text  mode,  so
72       that newline translation takes place during reads. On operating systems
73       that do not distinguish between text mode and binary mode,  this  func‐
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78       val open_gen : open_flag list -> int -> string -> t
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81       open_gen  mode  perm  filename opens the named file for reading, as de‐
82       scribed above. The extra arguments mode and perm  specify  the  opening
83       mode   and   file   permissions.    In_channel.open_text  and  In_chan‐
84       nel.open_bin are special cases of this function.
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88       val with_open_bin : string -> (t -> 'a) -> 'a
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91       with_open_bin fn f opens a channel ic on file fn and returns f
92           ic . After f returns, either with a value or by raising  an  excep‐
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97       val with_open_text : string -> (t -> 'a) -> 'a
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99       Like  In_channel.with_open_bin , but the channel is opened in text mode
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104       val with_open_gen : open_flag list -> int -> string -> (t -> 'a) -> 'a
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106       Like In_channel.with_open_bin , but can specify the  opening  mode  and
107       file  permission,  in  case  the  file  must  be  created (see In_chan‐
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112       val seek : t -> int64 -> unit
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115       seek chan pos sets the current reading position to pos for channel chan
116       .  This  works only for regular files. On files of other kinds, the be‐
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121       val pos : t -> int64
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123       Return the current reading position for the given channel.   For  files
124       opened in text mode under Windows, the returned position is approximate
125       (owing to end-of-line conversion); in particular,  saving  the  current
126       position  with  In_channel.pos , then going back to this position using
127       In_channel.seek will not work.  For this programming idiom to work  re‐
128       liably and portably, the file must be opened in binary mode.
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132       val length : t -> int64
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134       Return the size (number of characters) of the regular file on which the
135       given channel is opened.  If the channel is opened on a  file  that  is
136       not  a regular file, the result is meaningless.  The returned size does
137       not take into account the end-of-line translations  that  can  be  per‐
138       formed when reading from a channel opened in text mode.
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142       val close : t -> unit
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144       Close  the  given channel.  Input functions raise a Sys_error exception
145       when they are applied  to  a  closed  input  channel,  except  In_chan‐
146       nel.close  , which does nothing when applied to an already closed chan‐
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153       Same as In_channel.close , but ignore all errors.
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157       val input_char : t -> char option
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159       Read one character from the given input channel.  Returns None if there
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166       Same as In_channel.input_char , but return the 8-bit integer represent‐
167       ing the character. Returns None if the end of file was reached.
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171       val input_line : t -> string option
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174       input_line ic reads characters from ic until a newline or  the  end  of
175       file  is  reached.   Returns the string of all characters read, without
176       the newline (if any).  Returns None if the end of  the  file  has  been
177       reached.   In particular, this will be the case if the last line of in‐
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180       A newline is the character \n unless the file is open in text mode  and
181       Sys.win32 is true in which case it is the sequence of characters \r\n .
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188       input  ic buf pos len reads up to len characters from the given channel
189       ic , storing them in byte sequence buf , starting at  character  number
190       pos  .  It  returns the actual number of characters read, between 0 and
191       len (inclusive). A return value of 0 means that the  end  of  file  was
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194       Use In_channel.really_input to read exactly len characters.
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197       Raises  Invalid_argument  if pos and len do not designate a valid range
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202       val really_input : t -> bytes -> int -> int -> unit option
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205       really_input ic buf pos len reads len  characters  from  channel  ic  ,
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208       Returns  None  if the end of file is reached before len characters have
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217       val really_input_string : t -> int -> string option
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221       turns them in a new string.  Returns None if the end of file is reached
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229       input_all ic reads all remaining data from ic .
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236       set_binary_mode ic true sets the channel ic to binary mode: no transla‐
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240       set_binary_mode ic false sets the channel ic to text mode: depending on
241       the  operating  system,  some translations may take place during input.
242       For instance, under Windows, end-of-lines will be translated from  \r\n
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245       This function has no effect under operating systems that do not distin‐
246       guish between text mode and binary mode.
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252OCamldoc                          2023-01-23                     In_channel(3)