Marcus,
> Unfortunately this doesn't work on all platforms.
> Windows fails to open
> files in this mode, so I'm guessing
> it's some GCC extension we can't use.
If my memory is not bogus, the same effect under windows could be
achieved by:
int fd = _open("filename", _O_RDWR | _O_APPEND | _O_CREAT | _O_TRUNC );
FILE * stream = _fdopen(fd, "a+");
-Dmitry
On 2016-01-15 16:22, Marcus Larsson wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> On 01/15/2016 08:52 AM, Marcus Larsson wrote:
>>
>> On 01/14/2016 04:28 PM, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:
>>> Marcus,
>>>
>>> fopen(name, "wa+") truncate file before open it in append mode.
>>
>> Ah, didn't know you could do that. If it works that would be much
>> better, I'll give it a shot.
>
> Unfortunately this doesn't work on all platforms. Windows fails to open
> files in this mode, so I'm guessing it's some GCC extension we can't use.
>
> Thanks,
> Marcus
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marcus
>>
>>>
>>> -Dmitry
>>>
>>> On 2016-01-14 18:00, Marcus Larsson wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Please review the following patch to make sure UL truncates existing
>>>> log
>>>> files before writing to them. Since files are opened in append mode,
>>>> truncation isn't done automatically, so instead the patch adds an
>>>> attempt to remove the log file before opening it.
>>>>
>>>> Webrev:
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mlarsson/8146879/webrev.00/
>>>>
>>>> Issue:
>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8146879
>>>>
>>>> Testing:
>>>> Included test through JPRT
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Marcus
>>>
>>
>
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Dmitry Samersoff
Oracle Java development team, Saint Petersburg, Russia
* I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.
