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FileOpenMode

Selects open access and explicit file-creation behavior. Cases are semantic identities, not target flag bits. Operations translate at the selected private platform boundary; this enum retains no resources.

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Module std.fs

import std.fs;

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FileOpenMode

pub enum FileOpenMode

Selects open access and explicit file-creation behavior. Cases are semantic identities, not target flag bits. Operations translate at the selected private platform boundary; this enum retains no resources.

FileOpenMode.Read

Read;

Opens existing input only.

FileOpenMode.ReadWrite

ReadWrite;

Opens existing input/output without truncation.

FileOpenMode.CreateNew

CreateNew;

Exclusively creates an owner-only input/output file.

FileOpenMode.CreateOrTruncate

CreateOrTruncate;

Creates or truncates an input/output file.

FileOpenMode.Append

Append;

Creates if absent and appends every write atomically with respect to offset selection.

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