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NAME

       open_how - how to open a pathname

LIBRARY

       Linux kernel headers

SYNOPSIS

       #include <linux/openat2.h>

       struct open_how {
           u64  flags;    /* O_* flags */
           u64  mode;     /* Mode for O_{CREAT,TMPFILE} */
           u64  resolve;  /* RESOLVE_* flags */
           /* ... */
       };

DESCRIPTION

       Specifies how a pathname should be opened.

       The fields are as follows:

       flags  This field specifies the file creation and file status flags to use when opening the file.

       mode   This field specifies the mode for the new file.

       resolve
              This  is  a  bit  mask  of flags that modify the way in which all components of a pathname will be
              resolved (see path_resolution(7) for background information).

VERSIONS

       Extra fields may be appended to the structure, with a zero value in a new field resulting in  the  kernel
       behaving as though that extension field was not present.  Therefore, a user must zero-fill this structure
       on initialization.

STANDARDS

       Linux.

SEE ALSO

       openat2(2)