Reading/Deleting Last Line Of File

[Warren Kuhl]

Jim,

Thanks for the explanation....I will give this a try.

Thanks!
Warren

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Jim Bufalini <jim at visitrieve.com> wrote:
> Warren,
>
>> I will give this a try.  I was trying to go down the same path by
>> getting the number of records of the file...then trying to determine
>> if I could just read the last line and removing the EOF.  Is there
>> anyway to specifiy a READ to a certain line of a file without reading
>> through the whole file?
>
> The read from file command allows you start at a character offset and then
> read to a string, or for a number of bytes/chars/words/items (see
> dictionary) or to EOF. The write command will replace from the starting
> character offset and move the EOF for you. So, in your case, I don't think
> you have to be exact in your read. Just read in close to the end to EOF and
> write from the same offset and let the write command handle the EOF for you.
>
> Aloha from Hawaii,
>
> Jim Bufalini
>
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