| Function open Opens a file. open(string, fileName[, openMode])) open(file, fileName[, openMode]) Include Headers seqan/file.h Parameters
string | An external string. Types: External String, MMap String
file | A File object. Types: File
fileName | C-style character string containing the file name.
openMode | The combination of flags defining how the file should be opened. Default: OPEN_RDWR | OPEN_CREATE | OPEN_APPEND Remarks: To open a file read-only, write-only or to read and write use OPEN_RDONLY, OPEN_WRONLY, or OPEN_RDWR. To create or overwrite a file add OPEN_CREATE. To append a file if existing add OPEN_APPEND. To circumvent problems, files are always opened in binary mode.
Return Values A bool which is true on success. SeqAn - Sequence Analysis Library - www.seqan.de

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