reading from / writing to file : 2 dumb questions

[jbv at souslelogo.com]

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>   No; it isn't very logical. Ask Kevin Miller or Dr Scott Ranier.
>
> Why is it so? Dunno, and don't really care; after all
> once one has worked out that is the the things are one works with those
> things.
>
> I think you will find this is a cross-platform "problem".
>
> Here's what is written in the dictionary:
>
> "write "one 222" to file tFile -- Writes to the start of the file
>     write "two" to file tFile at 4 -- Writes to the file from character 4
>     write " three" to file tFile at EOF -- Writes to the end of the file
>     write " four" to file tFile at end -- Writes to the end of the file"
>
> which seems quite straightforward.
>

Yes, that's straightforward as long as you stick to a simple
open file / write / close file operation.
Maybe the existence of a pointer, as mentioned by Jacques
should be added to the dictionary...

jbv