Hey!
Steven, you need to use RandomAccessFile. You can consult your JDK documentation for
help.
This question is off topic for this E-list.
Sans adieu,
Danny Rubis
Steven Lau wrote:
> I'm doing some custom logging to a text file to make things easier and cheaper than
>to logging to a database. The servlet would get the header information, session Id
>and so on and attemps to log it to a file. The problem I have is I don't know how to
>insert it to a file instead of overwritting it. Instead of having multiple entries,
>it will open the file and overwrite what's on it resulting in a file having only one
>log.
>
> Here is my code:
> try {
> String outputFileName = "F:" + File.separatorChar + "LLog.txt";
> FileWriter fout = new FileWriter(outputFileName);
> String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
> String data = session.getValue("userID") + ";" + session.getId() + ";" +
>request.getRemoteAddr() + ";" + date + newLine;
> fout.write(data);
> fout.close();
> } catch(java.io.IOException e) {
> System.out.println("Cannot access LLog.txt");
> }
>
> How would I modify it so it will insert the log at the end of the file and not
>overwritting previous entries?
>
> Thanks!!!!
>
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