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# Python os.open() Method

## Description:

This method opens the file file and set various flags according to flags and possibly its mode according to mode.

The default mode is 0777 (octal), and the current umask value is first masked out.

This method returns the file descriptor for the newly opened file.

## Syntax:

    os.open(file, flags[, mode]);

## Parameters:

Here is the detail of parameters:

- file: File name to be opened.

- flags: The following constants are options for the flags. They can be combined using the bitwise OR operator |. Some of them are not available on all platforms.

  - os.O_RDONLY: open for reading only
  - os.O_WRONLY: open for writing only
  - os.O_RDWR : open for reading and writing
  - os.O_NONBLOCK: do not block on open
  - os.O_APPEND: append on each write
  - os.O_CREAT: create file if it does not exist
  - os.O_TRUNC: truncate size to 0
  - os.O_EXCL: error if create and file exists
  - os.O_SHLOCK: atomically obtain a shared lock
  - os.O_EXLOCK: atomically obtain an exclusive lock
  - os.O_DIRECT: eliminate or reduce cache effects
  - os.O_FSYNC : synchronous writes
  - os.O_NOFOLLOW: do not follow symlinks

- mode: you can specify this paramter as well. This would work in similar way as it works for chmod() method.

## Example:

    #!/usr/bin/python

    import os, sys

    # Open a file
    fd = os.open( "foo.txt", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT )

    # Write one string
    os.write(fd, "This is test")

    # Close opened file
    os.close( fd )

    print "Closed the file successfully!!"

This would create given file foo.txt and then would write given content in that file and would produce following result:

    Closed the file successfully!!

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