4.6.7.4 Opening a Stream

Before I/O operations can take place on a stream, the stream must be opened, and it must be set to be current input or current output. As illustrated in the figure “Categorization of Stream Handling Predicates”, the operations of opening and setting are separate with respect to the stream predicates, and combined in the File Specification Predicates.

Opening a stream and making it current are combined in see and tell:

It is important to remember to close streams when you have finished with them. Use seen/0 or close/1 for input files, and told/0 or close/1 for output files.


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