Re: open file for overwriting
Re: open file for overwriting
- Subject: Re: open file for overwriting
- From: Steve Roy <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:43:54 -0400
Rua Haszard Morris <email@hidden> wrote:
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I'm trying to use open for access to open a file for writing to. If the
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file exists, I want it to be overwritten.
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I can't find an option for this, and an error occurs if I try to use open
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for access on a file that exists.
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How do I do this? Normally it's an option in the file open func..?
You use 'open for access with write permission' for this, but there's a caveat.
If you just pass a filepath as a string to 'open for access', then it will throw
an error if the file already exists.
open for access "HD:Users:steve:Desktop:foo"
--> Works the first time, but second time: "Duplicate file name" error
close access result
However, if you pass a file reference or an alias, then it will work as
advertised.
open for access file "HD:Users:steve:Desktop:foo"
close access result
or
open for access alias "HD:Users:steve:Desktop:foo"
close access result
Steve
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