append log file

[Gerrit Holl]

Tom wrote:
> I have a log file and of course I want to add the new information to the 
> end of that log file. Unfortunately I always delete the old information 
> and only append the current info.

>        LogFile = file(filename, 'w')

You should use 'a' instead of 'w'. 'a' means 'append'. 'w' always means
overwriting the content.

> How can I add the new info without deleting the old info?
> I tried the modes 'a' and 'a+' but they both didn't work. Actually the 
> data was totally unreadable! It was kind of messed up. :-( I don't know why.

What did you try with 'a' exactly? It should work!

Gerrit.

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