[IPython-dev] what goes wrong with %%file

W. Trevor King wking at tremily.us
Sun May 12 17:44:47 EDT 2013


On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:36:16PM +0200, Zoltán Vörös wrote:
> Couldn't %%file accept an argument (beyond the filename), which would 
> indicate what kind of action is going to be taken? Like
> %%file overwrite somefile
> 
> %%file append somefile

That's effectively what it already does, except it uses `--force`
(with [1]) and `--append` instead of `overwrite` and `append`.  The
problem was the default `--force`, which is fixed in #3313.

The ongoing %%overwrite discussion is about trying to increase the
intuitive understanding to make the command's effect easier to
remember.

Cheers,
Trevor

[1]: https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/3313

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