Append a file?

[oRBIT]

It was many years ago I was messing with dos.library so.. Is there a good way of appending a file (68k asm)?
Currently it looks like I have to use Seek() to detect end of file and then write(?) but I hope there's a better way...?
Thanks in advance.

[jotd]

There are only 3 modes for Open(): MODE_READ, MODE_WRITE and MODE_READWRITE.

AFAIK the only way to append using dos.library is to open the file using MODE_READ or MODE_READWRITE, seek to the end and Write().

I must admit I never did that. When I needed this, I always used a C program and the "a" mode

[thomas]

You cannot write to a file opened with MODE_OLDFILE. (At least you should not expect to be able to.)

MODE_READWRITE is the only legal way to write to an existing file without erasing it. To write to the end of the file you Seek(fh,0,OFFSET_END) and then just Write().

[jotd]

in my old "dos.guide": if the mode is MODE_OLDFILE, the file is opened in reading and writing.
It also explains that the difference with MODE_READWRITE is that READWRITE creates the file if doesn't exist (OLDFILE doesn't)

[meynaf]

Originally Posted by thomas

You cannot write to a file opened with MODE_OLDFILE. (At least you should not expect to be able to.)

Never seen anywhere it was illegal to do so

Writing to such a file is perfectly possible but you do not know the file is writeable before you actually try to do it.

[oRBIT]

Originally Posted by thomas

You cannot write to a file opened with MODE_OLDFILE. (At least you should not expect to be able to.)

MODE_READWRITE is the only legal way to write to an existing file without erasing it. To write to the end of the file you Seek(fh,0,OFFSET_END) and then just Write().

Thanks this did the trick.