Append to exsisting text file

[Dave W]

Hi,

I'm hoping for some guideance. I'm trying append to the bottom of a text
file using Java.

Any advice, further reading would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
Dave

[Luca Paganelli]

Re: Append to exsisting text file

See

public PrintWriter(Wri ter out,
boolean autoFlush)

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Luca Paganelli
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[Fahd Shariff]

Re: Append to exsisting text file

See

FileWriter
public FileWriter(Stri ng fileName,
boolean append)
throws IOException

Constructs a FileWriter object given a file name with a boolean
indicating whether or not to append the data written.

Sample code:

BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(
new FileWriter("myf ile.txt",true)) ;
writer.write("H ELLO") ;
writer.close() ;

Fahd Shariff

http://www.fahdshariff.cjb.net

"Let the code do the talking..."

[Dave W]

Re: Append to exsisting text file

Thanks for that, but i'm hoping you can help me with my syntax. It
currently makes a new text file/replaces but i'm unsure how to append an
already exsisting one.

This is what i have:

try
{
String outName = "out.txt";
FileWriter out = new FileWriter(outN ame);
writer.write(to tal);
writer.newLine( );
writer.close();
}

Thanks,
Dave

"Fahd Shariff" <fahdshariff@ya hoo.com> wrote in message
news:9bc0209f.0 405120114.1e0eb e5c@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> See
>
> FileWriter
> public FileWriter(Stri ng fileName,
> boolean append)
> throws IOException
>
> Constructs a FileWriter object given a file name with a boolean
> indicating whether or not to append the data written.
>
> Sample code:
>
> BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(
> new FileWriter("myf ile.txt",true)) ;
> writer.write("H ELLO") ;
> writer.close() ;
>
> Fahd Shariff
> http://www.fahdshariff.cjb.net
> "Let the code do the talking..."[/color]

[Dave W]

Re: Append to exsisting text file

Sorry, let me correct that:

try
{
//ask user for file name to write to

FileWriter out = new FileWriter("out .txt");
BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter( out);
writer.write(to tal);
writer.close();
}

[Fahd Shariff]

Re: Append to exsisting text file

Change to :
FileWriter out = new FileWriter("out .txt", true);

If the file does not exist it is created and if it does, text is appended to it.

Fahd Shariff

http://www.fahdfshariff.cjb.net