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RE: ForAppending & ForWriting - 5/22/2007 7:25:45 PM
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ginolard
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ForReading opens a file for reading (i.e. you can't write to it)
ForWriting either opens an existing file in write mode (overwriting it if it's already there) or creating a new file for writing if it doesn't exist.
You also have ForAppending (value of 8) which will open an existing file for writing and lets you append text to the end of the file
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RE: ForAppending & ForWriting - 5/22/2007 8:14:43 PM
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ginolard
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Ahem, yes, not awake.
Still, my post did answer your question.
ForWriting will either
a) Open an existing text file for writing and will overwrite it (i.e. any existing content will be lost)
b) Create a new file for writing if it doesn't already exist
ForAppending will open an existing for writing and allow you to add text to whatever is already there.
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RE: ForAppending & ForWriting - 5/23/2007 1:17:12 AM
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DiGiTAL.SkReAM
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Since I come from a background of batch files, it is always easiest for me to think of them this way.
ForAppending is the same as doing this in a batch file:
dir c: >> d:\output.txt
while ForWriting is the same as doing this in a batch file:
dir c: > d:\output.txt
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RE: ForAppending & ForWriting - 5/23/2007 2:04:13 AM
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mcds99
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When you append you add to any existing content, writting occurs after the last existing line.
When you write you overwrite any existing content, writting occurs at line 1 character 1.
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