From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 15:16:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added warning about behavior of open mode 'a' (or 'a+').
X-Git-Tag: v1.4b1~200
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=59b328e11ea53cc24146a1649c3727dfe24aa88b;p=python

Added warning about behavior of open mode 'a' (or 'a+').
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 34d29281dd..088f969e79 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@ any kind of sequence; the result is always a list.
   \code{fopen()}: \var{filename} is the file name to be opened,
   \var{mode} indicates how the file is to be opened: \code{'r'} for
   reading, \code{'w'} for writing (truncating an existing file), and
-  \code{'a'} opens it for appending.  Modes \code{'r+'}, \code{'w+'} and
+  \code{'a'} opens it for appending (which on {\em some} {\UNIX}
+  systems means that {\em all} writes append to the end of the file,
+  regardless of the current seek position).
+  Modes \code{'r+'}, \code{'w+'} and
   \code{'a+'} open the file for updating, provided the underlying
   \code{stdio} library understands this.  On systems that differentiate
   between binary and text files, \code{'b'} appended to the mode opens
diff --git a/Doc/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/libfuncs.tex
index 34d29281dd..088f969e79 100644
--- a/Doc/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/libfuncs.tex
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@ any kind of sequence; the result is always a list.
   \code{fopen()}: \var{filename} is the file name to be opened,
   \var{mode} indicates how the file is to be opened: \code{'r'} for
   reading, \code{'w'} for writing (truncating an existing file), and
-  \code{'a'} opens it for appending.  Modes \code{'r+'}, \code{'w+'} and
+  \code{'a'} opens it for appending (which on {\em some} {\UNIX}
+  systems means that {\em all} writes append to the end of the file,
+  regardless of the current seek position).
+  Modes \code{'r+'}, \code{'w+'} and
   \code{'a+'} open the file for updating, provided the underlying
   \code{stdio} library understands this.  On systems that differentiate
   between binary and text files, \code{'b'} appended to the mode opens