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From: akira@atson.asahi-np.co.jp (Akira Takiguchi)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: file append/read (+>>)
Keywords: file open append and read
Message-ID: <1266@anprda.atson.asahi-np.co.jp>
Date: 29 Mar 91 10:09:50 GMT
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In article <126616@uunet.UU.NET> rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:
>In article <6086@beryl12.UUCP> mostek@motcid.UUCP (Frank B. Mostek) writes:
>?I can't get the + operator to work when I open a file for append.  This
>?is supposed to open the file for read as well.
>?
>?open(FILE, "+>>file");
:
>When opening for append, the pointer is at the end.
>There is nothing left to read. Seek to the beginning.

     A bit of addition:  perl's open uses stdio interface, not open(2).
you know, fopen(3) behaves differently from open(2) when reading file
opened in append mode [VAXC open does not implement this behaviour, BTW].
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