Use
file = open(open('/tmp/myfile', 'a')) the second time
when you want to append line"Nico Grubert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi there, > > I would like to open an existing file that contains some lines of text in > order to append a new line at the end of the content. > > My first try was: > > >>> f = open('/tmp/myfile', 'w') #create new file for writing > >>> f.writelines('123') #write first line > >>> f.close() > >>> f = open('/tmp/myfile', 'w') #open existing file to append new line > >>> f.writelines('456') > >>> f.close() > >>> f = open('/tmp/myfile', 'r') # open file for reading > >>> f.read() > '456' > > I supposed to have: > >>> f.read() > '123\n456\n' > > > Does f = open('/tmp/myfile', 'w') overwrite the existing file or does > f.writelines('456') replace the first line in the existing file? > > Nico -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
