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From: heatwole@erols.com (Kevin D. Heatwole)
Subject: Re: simple problem?
Date: 1996/05/10
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Date: 1996-05-10T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <EACHUS.96May10162546@spectre.mitre.org>,
eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) wrote:

>   Ada 83 does not prohibit opening a Text_IO file for appending.  In
>fact it provides a mechanism, the Form string, for requesting append
>mode.  Many Ada 83 compilers support this.  Unfortunately, the
>appropriate Form string is implementation defined, so check your
>vendor supplied appendix F.

I might add that any Ada 83 compiler that supports the Posix Ada standard 
(IEEE 1003.5-1992) uses the same Form string syntax to specify appending.  I 
think most compilers support this standard (on platforms where it makes
sense).

Kevin Heatwole
OC Systems, Inc.