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File Opening Modes



  • "r": Searches file. If the file is opened successfully, fopen( ) loads it into memory and sets up a pointer which points to the first character in it. If the file cannot be opened, fopen( ) returns NULL. 

Operations possible – reading from the file. 

  • "w": Searches file. If the file exists, its contents are overwritten. If the file doesn’t exist, a new file is created. Returns NULL, if unable to open the file.

Operations possible – writing to the file. 

  • "a": Searches file. If the file is opened successfully, fopen( ) loads it into memory and sets up a pointer that points to the last character in it. If the file doesn’t exist, a new file is created. Returns NULL, if unable to open the file.

 Operations possible - adding new contents at the end of file. 

  • "r+": Searches file.If the file is opened successfully, fopen( ) loads it into memory and sets up a pointer which points to the first character in it. Returns NULL, if unable to open the file. 

Operations possible - reading existing contents, writing new contents, modifying existing contents of the file.

  • "w+": Searches file. If the file exists, its contents are overwritten. If the file doesn’t exist a new file is created. Returns NULL, if unable to open the file.

Operations possible - writing new contents, reading them back and modifying existing contents of the file. 

  • "a+": Searches file. If the file is opened successfully, fopen( ) loads it into memory and sets up a pointer which points to the first character in it. If the file doesn’t exist, a new file is created. Returns NULL, if unable to open the file. 

Operations possible - reading existing contents, appending new contents to end of file. Cannot modify existing contents.