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Like openFile, but open the file in binary mode. On Windows, reading a file in text mode (which is the default) will translate CRLF to LF, and writing will translate LF to CRLF. This is usually what you want with text files. With binary files this is undesirable; also, as usual under Microsoft operating systems, text mode treats control-Z as EOF. Binary mode turns off all special treatment of end-of-line and end-of-file characters. (See also hSetBinaryMode.)

Run an action on a file.

The Handle is automatically closed afther the action.

Run an action on a file.

The Handle is not automatically closed to allow lazy IO. Use this with caution.

The readFile function reads a file and returns the contents of the file as a ByteString. The file is read lazily, on demand.

The readFile' function reads a file and returns the contents of the file as a ByteString. The file is fully read before being returned.

The computation writeFile file str function writes the lazy ByteString str, to the file file.

The computation writeFile file str function writes the strict ByteString str, to the file file.

The computation appendFile file str function appends the lazy ByteString str, to the file file.

The computation appendFile file str function appends the strict ByteString str, to the file file.

Open a file and return the Handle.

Open an existing file and return the Handle.

Open a file and return the Handle.

Sets O_CLOEXEC on posix.

Since: 0.1.2

Open an existing file and return the Handle.

Sets O_CLOEXEC on posix.

Since: 0.1.2

The function creates a temporary file in ReadWrite mode. The created file isn't deleted automatically, so you need to delete it manually.

The file is created with permissions such that only the current user can read/write it.

With some exceptions (see below), the file will be created securely in the sense that an attacker should not be able to cause openTempFile to overwrite another file on the filesystem using your credentials, by putting symbolic links (on Unix) in the place where the temporary file is to be created. On Unix the O_CREAT and O_EXCL flags are used to prevent this attack, but note that O_EXCL is sometimes not supported on NFS filesystems, so if you rely on this behaviour it is best to use local filesystems only.

Since: 0.1.3

Like openTempFile, but opens the file in binary mode. See openBinaryFile for more comments.

Since: 0.1.3

Like openTempFile, but uses the default file permissions

Since: 0.1.3

Like openBinaryTempFile, but uses the default file permissions

Since: 0.1.3

Add a finalizer to a Handle. Specifically, the finalizer will be added to the MVar of a file handle or the write-side MVar of a duplex handle. See Handle Finalizers for details.