# File I/O Extension

Flash movies are traditionally forbidden from accessing the filesystem, but this may be necessary for some embedded applications. Especially in the case of a user console, currently there is no way to get input into a Flash movie but through a TextField.

fopen

- Open the file.

fread

- Read a series of bytes from the opened file.

fgetc

- Read a single byte from the opened file.

fgets

- Read a single line until a Carriage Return from the opened file.

gets

- Read a single line from the standard in.

getchar

- Read a single character from the standard in.

fwrite

fputc

- Write a single character to the opened file.

fputs

- Write a single line to the opened file.

puts

- Write a single line to standard out..

putchar

- Write a single character to standard out..

fflush

- Flush the current opened file to disk.

fseek

- Seek to a location within the opened file.

ftell

- Report the current position within the opened file.

fclose

- Close the opened file.