Kay C Lan wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>
>> > put "Log entry data" after URL ("file:" &>
>> specialFolderPath("documents") & tLogFileName)
>>
>> When using the statement above, is the engine clever enough to use an
>> append operation for that, or does it seek to the end of the file
>> before writing?
>
> Resolved Bug 383 might be of interest to you - but I can't find where
> the 'feature request is at:
>
> Scott Raney <scott at runrev.com> 2003-10-06 18:46:02 BST
>
> Correct: I think he's confusing the URL version (which does rewrite
the file),
> with "open for append", which does not. Optimizing the URL version
> ("put after") is already on the feature-request list.
Good find. How did you come across that bit of archaeology?
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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