Re: open() : Files that don't exist
- Posted by Alex Chamberlain <alex.chamberlain at tiscali.co.uk> Dec 30, 2005
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Matt Lewis wrote: > > Alex Chamberlain wrote: > > > > Why does }}} <eucode>open("debug.txt", "w")</eucode> {{{ create a file called > > "DEBUG.TXT"? > > Is there a way to get around this? > > I hope not. What would you expect to happen when attempting to write a > file? Perhaps you want to open with "u"? Or maybe you should check to see > if it's already in existence. But the behavior you quote is the proper and > expected. > > Matt Lewis Basically, the file is not expected to exist - but I expect that call to create "debug.txt" not "DEBUG.TXT"! Minor - I no. Alex