the file. Availability: Unix, Windows.
+.. data:: SEEK_SET
+ SEEK_CUR
+ SEEK_END
+
+ Parameters to the :func:`lseek` function. Their values are 0, 1, and 2,
+ respectively. Availability: Windows, Unix.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.5
+
+
.. function:: open(file, flags[, mode])
Open the file *file* and set various flags according to *flags* and possibly its
For a description of the flag and mode values, see the C run-time documentation;
flag constants (like :const:`O_RDONLY` and :const:`O_WRONLY`) are defined in
- this module too (see below).
+ this module too (see :ref:`open-constants`).
.. note::
:func:`fdopen`, or :data:`sys.stdout` or :data:`sys.stderr`, use its
:meth:`~file.write` method.
+
+.. _open-constants:
+
+``open()`` flag constants
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
The following constants are options for the *flags* parameter to the
:func:`~os.open` function. They can be combined using the bitwise OR operator
``|``. Some of them are not available on all platforms. For descriptions of
the C library.
-.. data:: SEEK_SET
- SEEK_CUR
- SEEK_END
-
- Parameters to the :func:`lseek` function. Their values are 0, 1, and 2,
- respectively. Availability: Windows, Unix.
-
- .. versionadded:: 2.5
-
-
.. _os-file-dir:
Files and Directories