Re: open() : Files that don't exist

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Alex Chamberlain wrote:
> 
> 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

Thats interesting... it will have capital letters when created with a DOS (EX),
but lowercase with Windows (EXW).


Regards,
Vincent

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