Can you use XML? If so, you can easily handle this using an XML log file. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Girish Jain Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 6:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Writing data to the beginning of a file
Hi All, I am writing a log file with the requirement that the latest entry in the log should be on the top. For the purpose I looked for ways of doing that but ended up by reading the entire contents of the existing file into a byte array and then re-write the file with the new content. Is there any better way possible? The current code // Firstly read the existing file and take the contents // into a byte array //------------------------------------------------------------ fs = new FileStream(m_strFilePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); byte[] arrOriginalText = new byte[fs.Length]; fs.Read(arrOriginalText, 0, arrOriginalText.Length); fs.Close(); fs = null; //------------------------------------------------------------ // Now write the data to the file by re-creating the new file //------------------------------------------------------------ fs = new FileStream(m_strFilePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write); // Convert the new data to be written to a byte array //------------------------------------------------------------ byte[] arrNewText = new byte[ strData.Length ]; Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes( strData, 0, strData.Length, arrNewText, 0 ); // Now write data - first the new text and then the original //------------------------------------------------------------ fs.Write(arrNewText, 0, arrNewText.Length); fs.Write(arrOriginalText, 0, arrOriginalText.Length); //------------------------------------------------------------ Any suggestion would be highly appreciated Thanks in advance Regards, Girish Jain =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
