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From: Rob Norris <firstname.lastname@baesystems.com>
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Subject: Re: Opening a file vs. creating if not yet exists
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:36:05 +0100
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:03:29 -0700 (PDT), Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>What is the recommended way to deal with this?
>
>begin
>   Open (File, Append_File, "file.txt");
>exception
>   when Name_Error =>
>      Create (File, Append_File, "file.txt");
>end;
>
>Is the above idiomatic (ie. well understood and accepted as common
>practice)?

I don't know if it's common practice, but that's the main way we handle it for log files.