ls_ropen

Opens a file on a remote host.

This routine performs operations on files located on remote hosts. This call corresponds to the UNIX open() system calls.

ls_ropen opens the named file located on the remote host. A remote file descriptor, rfd, is returned on success. You can use this descriptor in subsequent remote file calls as an argument.

Either the RES must be running at the remote host to service any remote file operation or rcp() be available.

ls_initrex must be called before calling any remote file operation.

This remote file operation makes use of a Remote File Server on the remote host. When this RFS shuts down, its status will be reported to its client. The client should ignore this status.

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <lsf/lsf.h>

int ls_ropen(char *host, char *path, int flags, int mode)

Parameters:

	*host	The host where the file to be opened is located.
	*path	The path name to the file to be opened.
	flags	Options for openning the file on the remote host.
	mode	File access permission related options.