appending to a file

[MisterX]

Hi Jon

http://monsieurx.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=11

look for SimpleFilePreview

This little demo shows you all the ropes for file action in Rev...

cheers
Xavier

> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com 
> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Jon
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 16:02
> To: Revolution List
> Subject: appending to a file
> 
> During the last week, someone asserted that no matter how one 
> coded an append to a file in Rev, it required loading the 
> entire file into memory.
> 
> This may be true in Rev, but it is not true in Windows (and, 
> I would guess, in all other OS's).  In Windows, one can open 
> a file, seek to the end, and write.  The OS may have to bring 
> a little of the start of the file into memory (at the open) 
> and a little of the end of the file into memory (at the 
> seek), but for a large file, this may be much faster than 
> reading the whole thing into memory, appending in memory, and 
> writing the whole thing out again.
> 
> It may well be that the way that the Rev engine is coded 
> takes advantage of this approach: I am not sure about that.
> 
> :)
> 
> Jon
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