Re: overwrite?

2017-09-25 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/25/2017 09:42 AM, Parrot Raiser wrote: Have you considered simply "touch"ing the file? That updates the timestamp. yes. The way I actually did it forced me to (keep) learn(ing) how to write and read to files. A lot of the things I do, I do the hard way so that I am forced to learn. I

Re: overwrite?

2017-09-25 Thread Parrot Raiser
Have you considered simply "touch"ing the file? That updates the timestamp.

Re: overwrite?

2017-09-24 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:41 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > I suppose I should say at this point that the purpose of the file > is to be a single line with the date the program was last run > in it. If the current date's month and the month in the file > differ, it triggers an

Re: overwrite?

2017-09-24 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/24/2017 10:23 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: On 09/23/2017 12:34 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:34 AM, ToddAndMargo > wrote: I see ":truncate". This seems liek it will do the trick. Problem: I would like to

Re: overwrite?

2017-09-24 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 09/23/2017 12:34 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:34 AM, ToddAndMargo > wrote: I see ":truncate". This seems liek it will do the trick. Problem: I would like to read from the file first before truncating

Re: overwrite?

2017-09-23 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 2:34 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > I see ":truncate". This seems liek it will do the trick. > Problem: I would like to read from the file first before > truncating (ro). > > Is there a way to do this, or should I >1) open the handle with :ro >