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From: opdahl@seas.gwu.edu (Steven B. Opdahl)
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Subject: Re: Opening a File for Appending
Date: 6 Jan 1995 18:14:26 -0500
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In article <3ejufu$g56@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>,
David Weller <dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> wrote:
:
:Um, in Ada95, one of the file modes is Append_File (for any of Text,
:Sequential, Wide, and Stream_IO files).
:
:Appending a file in Ada83 is OS dependent (unless the POSIX binding
:supports this -- I'm not sure).

POSIX_IO supports this.  You need to add Append to the Open_Option_Set
before doing an Open, Open_Or_Create, or Set_File_Control.

Steve Opdahl