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how to append conent to a file?

Post by hongxing »

wxFFile f;

file.Open("c:\\test.log", "wa"); // tested, but not correct.

I use "wa", "w" means create the file if it is not exists, "a" to append it
but "a" does not work.
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Post by priyank_bolia »

I don't think that you have to use "wa" only "a" is suitable, and it will create the file also if not found. Try it, may be works.
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Post by Vaulter »

i always use that:

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wxFFile f;
f.Open("some","ab");//for not text.

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Post by Jorg »

Just a small suggestion, why are you still using wxFFile? Isn't it more dynamic to use streams? After they were introduced there was basically no need for direct file I/O anymore, plus you can simply interchange one input stream kind with another with little to no effort.

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Post by upCASE »

Hi!
a combination like "wa" doesn't make sense, as "w" truncates the file. "a" implicitly means write access.
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thanks

Post by hongxing »

thanks to priyank_bolia, it works!
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