Function to convert OpenOptions to c_int

library/std/src/sys/unix/ext/fs.rs

@@ -345,6 +345,33 @@ pub trait OpenOptionsExt {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "open_options_ext", since = "1.10.0")]
     fn custom_flags(&mut self, flags: i32) -> &mut Self;
+
+    /// Get the flags of this OpenOptions as libc::c_int.
+    ///
+    /// This method allows the reuse of the OpenOptions as flags argument for `libc::open()`.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # #![feature(rustc_private)]
+    /// extern crate libc;
+    /// use std::ffi::CString;
+    /// use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+    /// use std::os::unix::fs::OpenOptionsExt;
+    ///
+    /// # fn main() {
+    /// let mut options = OpenOptions::new();
+    /// options.write(true).read(true);
+    /// if cfg!(unix) {
+    ///     options.custom_flags(libc::O_NOFOLLOW);
+    /// }
+    /// let file_name = CString::new("foo.txt").unwrap();
+    /// let file = unsafe{ libc::open(file_name.as_c_str().as_ptr(), options.as_flags().unwrap()) };
+    ///
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    #[stable(feature = "open_options_ext_as_flags", since = "1.47.0")]
+    fn as_flags(&self) -> io::Result<libc::c_int>;
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "fs_ext", since = "1.1.0")]
@@ -358,6 +385,9 @@ impl OpenOptionsExt for OpenOptions {
         self.as_inner_mut().custom_flags(flags);
         self
     }
+    fn as_flags(&self) -> io::Result<libc::c_int> {
+        self.as_inner().as_flags()
+    }
 }
 
 /// Unix-specific extensions to [`fs::Metadata`].

library/std/src/sys/unix/fs.rs

@@ -655,7 +655,11 @@ impl OpenOptions {
     pub fn mode(&mut self, mode: u32) {
         self.mode = mode as mode_t;
     }
-
+    pub fn as_flags(&self) -> io::Result<c_int> {
+        let access_mode = self.get_access_mode()?;
+        let creation_mode = self.get_creation_mode()?;
+        Ok(creation_mode | access_mode | self.custom_flags)
+    }
     fn get_access_mode(&self) -> io::Result<c_int> {
         match (self.read, self.write, self.append) {
             (true, false, false) => Ok(libc::O_RDONLY),