# PetscBinaryOpen

Opens a PETSc binary file.

### Synopsis

    #include "petscsys.h"
    PetscErrorCode  PetscBinaryOpen(const char name[],PetscFileMode mode,int *fd)

Not Collective

### Input Parameters

| name | - filename
| type | - type of binary file, one of FILE_MODE_READ, FILE_MODE_APPEND, FILE_MODE_WRITE

### Output Parameter

fd -the file

Notes: Files access with PetscBinaryRead() and PetscBinaryWrite() are ALWAYS written in big-endian format. This means the file can be accessed using PetscBinaryOpen() and PetscBinaryRead() and PetscBinaryWrite() on any machine.

### See Also

PetscBinaryRead(), PetscBinaryWrite(), PetscFileMode, PetscViewerFileSetMode(), PetscViewerBinaryGetDescriptor()

Level:advanced
Location:src/sys/fileio/sysio.c
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