// open the file based on specified direction
-bool SGFile::open( SGProtocolDir dir ) {
- if ( dir == SG_IO_OUT ) {
+bool SGFile::open( const SGProtocolDir d ) {
+ set_dir( d );
+
+ if ( get_dir() == SG_IO_OUT ) {
#ifdef _MSC_VER
int mode = 00666;
#else
mode_t mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH;
#endif
fp = ::open( file_name.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, mode );
- } else if ( dir == SG_IO_IN ) {
+ } else if ( get_dir() == SG_IO_IN ) {
fp = ::open( file_name.c_str(), O_RDONLY );
} else {
FG_LOG( FG_IO, FG_ALERT,
// write data to a file
-int SGFile::write( char *buf, int length ) {
+int SGFile::write( const char *buf, const int length ) {
int result = ::write( fp, buf, length );
if ( result != length ) {
FG_LOG( FG_IO, FG_ALERT, "Error writing data: " << file_name );
// write null terminated string to a file
-int SGFile::writestring( char *str ) {
+int SGFile::writestring( const char *str ) {
int length = strlen( str );
return write( str, length );
}