Chapter 5: General Objects and Methods

fixOptns()

Programmatically clears the I/O file object current I/O and write options and sets new permission.

This method does not perform error checking.

fixOptns(int opt);

Argument	Description
opt	The mnemonic associated with the option being set. For any mnemonic not passed in the argument, the option is set to off. To alter multiple options, place a pipe symbol ( \| ) between each mnemonic. See Table 5-1 for a list of mnemonics.

None.

Table 5-1 lists available mnemonics for the opt argument. Each description corresponds to an option on the user interface screens.

Pointer to object	Object
`piof->fixOptns(CREAT \| TRUNC);`	`my_iofobj.fixOptnjs(RDWR);`