# FILE_OPEN_READ

`import { FILE_OPEN_READ } from "destack:fs/binding";`

Open for reads.

```ds title="FILE_OPEN_READ"
const FILE_OPEN_READ: FileOpenFlags
```

[language/library/src/fs/binding/file.ds:15](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/fs/binding/file.ds#L15)