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Moreover, the following flags are available:
syncAll i/o operations are done synchronously
nodelayThe device or file is opened with the O_NDELAY flag. This is needed on some non-Linux architectures.
exclusiveThe device or file is opened with the O_EXCL flag. On Linux, this ensures exclusive access to the floppy drive. On most other architectures, and for plain files it has no effect at all.