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##### basic_file::basic_file (8 of 10 overloads)

Construct a `basic_file` on an existing native file.

    template<
        typename ExecutionContext>
    basic_file(
        ExecutionContext & context,
        const native_handle_type & native_file,
        constraint_t< is_convertible< ExecutionContext &, execution_context & >::value, defaulted_constraint >  = defaulted_constraint());

This constructor initialises a file object to hold an existing native file.

###### Parameters

context

  An execution context which provides the I/O executor that the file will use, by default, to dispatch handlers for any asynchronous operations performed on the file.

native_file

  A native file.

###### Exceptions

boost::system::system_error

  Thrown on failure.