1al_fopen(3)                                                        al_fopen(3)
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NAME

6       al_fopen - Allegro 5 API
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SYNOPSIS

9              #include <allegro5/allegro.h>
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11              ALLEGRO_FILE *al_fopen(const char *path, const char *mode)
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DESCRIPTION

14       Creates  and  opens  a  file (real or virtual) given the path and mode.
15       The current file interface is used to open the file.
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19       · path - path to the file to open
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21       · mode - access mode to open the file in ("r", "w", etc.)
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23       Depending on the stream type and the mode string, files may  be  opened
24       in  "text"  mode.   The handling of newlines is particularly important.
25       For example, using the default stdio-based streams on DOS  and  Windows
26       platforms,   where   the   native  end-of-line  terminators  are  CR+LF
27       sequences, a call to al_fgetc(3) may return just one  character  ('\n')
28       where there were two bytes (CR+LF) in the file.  When writing out '\n',
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30       to be equal to LF either.)
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32       Newline translations can be useful for text files but is disastrous for
33       binary files.  To avoid this behaviour you need to open file streams in
34       binary  mode  by  using  a  mode argument containing a "b", e.g.  "rb",
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37       Returns a file handle on success, or NULL on error.
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SEE ALSO

40       al_set_new_file_interface(3), al_fclose(3).
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44Allegro reference manual                                           al_fopen(3)
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