[#fsbridge-fopen]
= xref:fsbridge.adoc[fsbridge]::fopen
:relfileprefix: ../
:mrdocs:

Open a file, handling path encoding correctly across platforms.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<util/fs.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
FILE*
fopen(
    xref:fs/path.adoc[fs::path] const& p,
    char const* mode);
----

== Return Value

The opened FILE stream, or nullptr on failure.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *p*
| The path of the file to open.
| *mode*
| The C stdio mode string (for example "rb").
|===


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