how to write text file to root of HD

[Richard Gaskin]

RGould8 at aol.com wrote:

> I'm having a rough time trying to get Revolution to write a text file to the
> root of the user's hard-drive.   Wouldn't it be something like this?
> 
> put "\" & line 1 of the volumes & "\filetowrite.txt" into filetowrite
> 
> open filetowrite for write
> write "test" to file filetowrite
> close file filetowrite

It depends on the OS you're running.

Given the range of potential issues with file I/O, it's a useful habit to
check the result after opening a file.

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