Re: open() : Files that don't exist
- Posted by Vincent <darkvincentdude at yahoo.com> Dec 30, 2005
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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