From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-11-28T23:31:27+09:00
Subject: Re: how to write file before EOF

Timothy Hunter wrote:
> Siva Prakasam wrote:
>>   yes, i want to insert a file without overwriting its existing content.
>> i looked for IO:SEEK_CUR and IO:SEEK_SET which will set the 
>> position.but it overwrites the existing content. how to do that?
>>   
> You'll have to make a new file. Copy the old file contents up to the 
> point you want to insert the new material, insert the new material, 
> then copy the remainder of the old file. After the new file is safely 
> closed, delete the old file.
>
>
It depends on how big the file is and how lazy a programmer you are. For 
small files and lazy programmers, read the whole file into memory, edit 
it in memory and write it back out. :)

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