I believe this will be closer to what you are referring to
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/fopen.html

On Sunday, 7 July 2013 22:57:14 UTC+2, Mark Volkmann wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 3:50 PM, richard -rw- weinberger <
> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Mark Volkmann
>> <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>> > I have a question about the file system modes documented at
>> > http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_open_path_flags_mode_callback
>> >
>> > What's the difference between ax and w?
>> > It seems to me the effect will be the same.
>> >
>> > Likewise, what's the difference between ax+ and w+?
>>
>> Please see 
>> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/open.html
>>
>
> I assume you are referring to the description of O_EXCL on that page.
> So is the difference between ax and w that if the file already exists, it 
> will be an error to open it with ax, but not with w?
>
> -- 
> R. Mark Volkmann
> Object Computing, Inc. 
>

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