swzoh wrote: >> >> I don't know about leading to file damage. But I wonder why many (all >> that I'm using) command-line programs don't have this issue. For >> instance gnu-win32 'cat' is such a program. > > Is there any app which writes to the file? cat seems to need only > 'read' access if I'm not wrong. > > Sean
No, sorry I wasn't clear. gnu-win32 tail and cat commands. In one console window: C:\> tail -f c:\log.txt In another console window: C:\> cat >> c:\log.txt add this line to log.txt add this one too ^Z and the console window running tail -f shows: add this line to log.txt add this one too It works also when cat >c:\log.txt is used, with tail -f showing a 'file truncated' warning, which makes sense. so I was hoping that file.writeall(file,s,"a") could be made to work like cat>>file with respect to tail -f. Attention: PowerPro's Web site has moved: http://www.ppro.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
