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<div><h1>openOut(String) -- open an output file</h1>
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<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>openOut fn</tt></div>
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<li><span>Function: <a href="_open__Out_lp__String_rp.html" title="open an output file">openOut</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>fn</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___File.html">file</a></span>, an open output file whose filename is <tt>fn</tt>. Filenames starting with <tt>!</tt> or with <tt>$</tt> are treated specially, see <a href="_open__In__Out.html" title="open an input output file">openInOut</a>.</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : g = openOut "test-file"
o1 = test-file
o1 : File</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : g << "hi there"
o2 = test-file
o2 : File</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : g << close
o3 = test-file
o3 : File</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : get "test-file"
o4 = hi there</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : removeFile "test-file"</pre>
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<p>A filename starting with <tt>~/</tt> will have the tilde replaced by the user's home directory.</p>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_open__In_lp__String_rp.html" title="open an output file">openIn</a> -- open an output file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_open__In__Out.html" title="open an input output file">openInOut</a> -- open an input output file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_open__Out__Append_lp__String_rp.html" title="open an output file for appending">openOutAppend</a> -- open an output file for appending</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_get.html" title="get the contents of a file">get</a> -- get the contents of a file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_remove__File.html" title="remove a file">removeFile</a> -- remove a file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_close.html" title="close a file">close</a> -- close a file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___File_sp_lt_lt_sp__Thing.html" title="print to a file">File << Thing</a> -- print to a file</span></li>
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