From: Jeppe Jakobsen <jeppe88@...>
Date: 2006-04-03T20:21:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Writing a file, without deleting it's current content

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ok just to make sure I got it right:

File.open("myFile.txt.", APPEND=3D"This is the string I'm writing" )

Correct?

2006/4/3, James Britt <james_b@neurogami.com>:
>
> Jeppe Jakobsen wrote:
> > Hi, I just read about the ".write" method.
> > Let's say that I've just written a string to a file, "file.txt". Then I
> want
> > to add some more information to it, on the next line. I use .write agai=
n
> and
> > my info got replaced. How do I add to the without deleting what's
> already in
> > it. I know I can load the string from it and then add them together, bu=
t
> > isn't there a smarter way to do it, like writing to the next line?
> >
> > Thanks in advance :)
> >
>
> Look up the "append" option for File when opening for writing.
>
>
> --
> James Britt
>
> "Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally
>   for machines to execute."
>    - H. Abelson and G. Sussman
>    (in "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)
>
>


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