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fileOpen

Opens a file

fileOpen(filePath [, mode [, charset] [, seekable]])

returns any

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
filePath	string	Yes		An absolute path of an on-disk or in-memory file on the server
mode	string	No	read	Type of access you require to the file stream
charset	string	No		Character encoding identified by the file’s byte order mark, if any; otherwise, JVM default file character set
seekable	boolean	No	false	Whether the file is usable with the fileSeek function

Opens a file, reads a line then closes it.

// Open File
var fileObject = fileOpen("/path/to/file.txt");

// Perform Actions
try
{
	// Read Line
	writeOutput(fileReadLine(fileObject));
}

// Error Handling
catch(any ex)
{
	// Report Exception
	writeDump(ex);
}

// Always Close
finally
{
	// Close File
	fileClose(fileObject);
}

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