fopen/open vs sceIoOpen

pspZorba · Post by **pspZorba** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:23 pm

Hi all,

I have to access to a file on ms0, I saw that I can use the fopen/open C-functions or sceIoOpen .

Are they any avantages to use one or the other ?

thx for your help.

FreePlay · Post by **FreePlay** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:38 pm

In my experience the sceIo functions are, for whatever reason, significantly faster than the standard C functions. Last time I checked was when I wrote a program capable of installing multiple custom firmwares. For both reading the DXAR file (a semi-compressed archive of all the files in the firmware) and writing the files onto the NAND chip, sceIo proved to be much faster.

moonlight · Post by **moonlight** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:50 pm

open and fopen are implemented calling sceIoOpen... and really with sceIo* you have all needed.

The advantages of open and fopen is to make your code more portable.

pspZorba · Post by **pspZorba** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:24 am

Thank you guys for your answers. In fact that's what I feared having the choice between efficiency and portability....

I think I am gonna chose the efficiency.