OldAPI/posix/ProposalK

The idea behind this module is that it would be implemented as a native module on each respective platform and hosted by the default loader. Other IO modules would use these functions as a basis.

/**
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/*** open

    Accepts:

    - ``fileName``
    - ``mode``

    Returns a file descriptor of unspecified type.

    Modes
    =====

    Mode Meaning
    ==== ======================================================================
    "r"  read-only, starting at the beginning of the file
    "r+" read-write, starting at the beginning of the file
    "w"  write-only, truncates an existing file to empty or creates a new file
    "w+" read-write, truncates an existing file to empty or creates a new file
    "a"  write-only, starts at end of file if file exists or creates a new file
    "a+" read-write, starts at end of file if file exists or creates a new file
    "b"  binary file mode, may appear before any of the modes above
    

*/

/*** close
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/*** creat
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/*** flush
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/*** tell
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/*** stat
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/*** lstat
*/

/*** unlink
*/

/*** chown
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/*** chmod
*/

/*** dup
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/*** dup2
*/

/*** fctnl
*/

/*** ioctl
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/*** select
*/

/*** getcwd
*/