And none of these relate to the original post. The OP wanted a automatic way to have a file wrap around after "n" writes. He did not want a way to write >"n" entries to the file and then later only see the last "n" entries in the file. He wanted the "n+1" write to be written as the first record on the file, "n+2" to be the second, and so on. There is basically no way to get what the OP wanted without changing his program, which he indicated is not an option.
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