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what is the difference between the fopen and open functions?
>what is the difference between the fopen and open functions?
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No, seriously. But the cosmetic differences can be gleaned by looking at the prototypes of each function. The most immediate difference is that fopen returns a FILE * while open returns an int.
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Also, open() is defined by POSIX and fopen() is ISO-standard C (89/99).
In some *nix flavors, open() is the interface to the OS. In those systems, fopen() would be implemented by making calls to open().
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