If I have to use unsafe just to open a file, I might as well use C. While Rustix is a happy middle that is usually enough and more popular than the open at crate, libc is in the same family as the "*-sys" crate and, generally speaking, it is not intended for direct use outside other FFI crates.

I agree it’d be nice if there were a safe stdlib openat API, but

> If I have to use unsafe just to open a file, I might as well use C.

is a ridiculous exaggeration.