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Subject: Re: fopen ( ..., "a" ) --- how does the "a" work?
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Date: 6 Dec 89 19:32:33 GMT
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When one opens a file under *most* flavors of UN*X (I realize this is
the kind of thing that will be system-dependent, though it oughtn't)
with fopen ( ..., "a" ), the file mark is supposed to be moved to EOF
before every write. Now, how is this done? Are there two system calls,
one to move the file mark and one to do the write, or is there one
system call, "append"? If the latter, then this is an easier solution
for a problem I have than figuring out how to do record locking.
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