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10 .TH FREOPEN 3C "Jul 24, 2002"
12 freopen \- open a stream
18 \fBFILE *\fR\fBfreopen\fR(\fBconst char *\fR\fIfilename\fR, \fBconst char *\fR\fImode\fR, \fBFILE *\fR\fIstream\fR);
23 The \fBfreopen()\fR function first attempts to flush the stream and close any
24 file descriptor associated with \fIstream\fR. Failure to flush or close the
25 file successfully is ignored. The error and end-of-file indicators for the
29 The \fBfreopen()\fR function opens the file whose pathname is the string
30 pointed to by \fIfilename\fR and associates the stream pointed to by
31 \fIstream\fR with it. The \fImode\fR argument is used just as in
35 If \fIfilename\fR is a null pointer and the application conforms to SUSv3 (see
36 \fBstandards\fR(5)), the \fBfreopen()\fR function attempts to change the mode
37 of the stream to that specified by \fImode\fR, as though the name of the file
38 currently associated with the \fIstream\fR had been used. The following
39 changes of mode are permitted, depending upon the access mode of the file
40 descriptor underlying the stream:
45 When \fB+\fR is specified, the file descriptor mode must be \fBO_RDWR\fR.
51 When \fBr\fR is specified, the file descriptor mode must be \fBO_RDONLY\fR or
58 When \fBa\fR or \fBw\fR is specified, the file descriptor mode must be
59 \fBO_WRONLY\fR or \fBO_RDWR\fR.
63 If the filename is a null pointer and the application does not conform to
64 SUSv3, \fBfreopen()\fR returns a null pointer.
67 The original stream is closed regardless of whether the subsequent open
71 After a successful call to the \fBfreopen()\fR function, the orientation of the
72 stream is cleared, the encoding rule is cleared, and the associated
73 \fBmbstate_t\fR object is set to describe an initial conversion state.
76 The largest value that can be represented correctly in an object of type
77 \fBoff_t\fR will be established as the offset maximum in the open file
81 Upon successful completion, \fBfreopen()\fR returns the value of \fIstream\fR.
82 Otherwise, a null pointer is returned and \fBerrno\fR is set to indicate the
86 The \fBfreopen()\fR function will fail if:
93 Search permission is denied on a component of the path prefix, or the file
94 exists and the permissions specified by \fImode\fR are denied, or the file does
95 not exist and write permission is denied for the parent directory of the file
105 The application conforms to SUSv3, the \fIfilename\fR argument is a null
106 pointer, and either the underlying file descriptor is not valid or the mode
107 specified when the underlying file descriptor was opened does not support the
108 file access modes requested by the \fImode\fR argument.
117 The application does not conform to SUSv3 and the \fIfilename\fR argument is a
127 A signal was caught during \fBfreopen()\fR.
136 The named file is a directory and \fImode\fR requires write access.
145 Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving \fIpath\fR.
154 There are {\fBOPEN_MAX\fR} file descriptors currently open in the calling
161 \fB\fBENAMETOOLONG\fR\fR
164 The length of the \fIfilename\fR exceeds {\fIPATH_MAX\fR} or a pathname
165 component is longer than {\fINAME_MAX\fR}.
174 The maximum allowable number of files is currently open in the system.
183 A component of \fIfilename\fR does not name an existing file or \fIfilename\fR
193 The directory or file system that would contain the new file cannot be
194 expanded, the file does not exist, and it was to be created.
203 A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
212 The named file is a character special or block special file, and the device
213 associated with this special file does not exist.
219 \fB\fBEOVERFLOW\fR\fR
222 The current value of the file position cannot be represented correctly in an
223 object of type \fBoff_t\fR.
232 The named file resides on a read-only file system and \fImode\fR requires write
238 The \fBfreopen()\fR function may fail if:
245 The value of the \fImode\fR argument is not valid.
251 \fB\fBENAMETOOLONG\fR\fR
254 Pathname resolution of a symbolic link produced an intermediate result whose
255 length exceeds {\fIPATH_MAX\fR}.
264 Insufficient storage space is available.
273 A request was made of a non-existent device, or the request was outside the
274 capabilities of the device.
283 The file is a pure procedure (shared text) file that is being executed and
284 \fImode\fR requires write access.
289 The \fBfreopen()\fR function is typically used to attach the preopened
290 \fIstreams\fR associated with \fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR and \fBstderr\fR to
291 other files. By default \fBstderr\fR is unbuffered, but the use of
292 \fBfreopen()\fR will cause it to become buffered or line-buffered.
295 The \fBfreopen()\fR function has a transitional interface for 64-bit file
296 offsets. See \fBlf64\fR(5).
299 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
307 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
309 Interface Stability Standard
316 \fBfclose\fR(3C), \fBfdopen\fR(3C), \fBfopen\fR(3C), \fBstdio\fR(3C),
317 \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBlf64\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)