1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/file_util.h b/src/common/file_util.h
index fc6b3ea46..5bc7fbf7c 100644
--- a/src/common/file_util.h
+++ b/src/common/file_util.h
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ void SplitFilename83(const std::string& filename, std::array<char, 9>& short_nam
 class IOFile : public NonCopyable {
 public:
     IOFile();
-    IOFile(const std::string& filename, const char openmode[]);
+    // flags is used for windows specific file open mode flags, which
+    // allows yuzu to open the logs in shared write mode, so that the file
+    // isn't considered "locked" while yuzu is open and people can open the log file and view it
+    IOFile(const std::string& filename, const char openmode[], int flags = 0);
 
     ~IOFile();
 
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ public:
 
     void Swap(IOFile& other) noexcept;
 
-    bool Open(const std::string& filename, const char openmode[]);
+    bool Open(const std::string& filename, const char openmode[], int flags = 0);
     bool Close();
 
     template <typename T>
@@ -220,6 +223,10 @@ public:
         return WriteArray(&object, 1);
     }
 
+    size_t WriteString(const std::string& str) {
+        return WriteArray(str.c_str(), str.length());
+    }
+
     bool IsOpen() const {
         return nullptr != m_file;
     }