OpenEuphoria

HELP- with open("ab")

• Posted by Jim <futures8 at PCOLA.GULF.NET> Aug 24, 2000
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I'm having trouble with appending a line of test to an existing text file. The
source is a different file.
The target file is opened in 'append' mode open(fn,"ab"). The new line is
appended with
puts(FileToUpdate,UpdateRecord)

The problem is that an ascii 26 (eof) is present as the first byte of the
appended record, so other software cannot see
the appended record(s).

I think the ascii 26 was there to begin with, since subsequent runs of the
program do not have that code as the first
byte of the appended records, only the 1st run.

Is the a way to get rid of the ascii 26 code, or amd I using thw wrong Euphoria
code to do the open or the append?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Program is included with sample input and ouput inserted as comments.

Thanks.

Jim

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 name="Update.ex"
Content-Disposition: inline;
 filename="Update.ex"

-- update.ex
-- while true do
--    read TODAYS.TXT -- use field 1 (File ID) to select existing history file
--    open named history file
--    append from TODAYS.TXT
-- end while

include file.e
include get.e

with trace
without warning
allow_break(1)

sequence buffer,CodeField,TxtField,String,test,x,YearPart,ReadRecord

integer  DirFile,true,false,RecCount,TotRecs,BOF,EOF,RecLen,OK

object   Record,wait

atom     a,b,c,IsNumeric,z

true     = 1
false    = 0
buffer   = {}
RecCount = 0

-------------------------------------------------------------
--    update daily files with today's data (in TODAYS.TXT. --
------------------------------------------------------------
sequence FileName, Field, WhichFile, UpdateRecord

integer  TodaysData, pos, FieldNo, len1, len2, FilesUpdated

object   char, RestOfRecord, FileToUpdate, input_string, file_id

    -------------------------------------------------
    --  unpack Todays.exe in \CANDLES\DOWNLOAD\    --
    -------------------------------------------------
system("\\CANDLES\\DOWNLOAD\\TODAYS.EXE",2)    -- unpack Todays.TXT

TodaysData = open("\\CANDLES\\DOWNLOAD\\TODAYS.TXT","rb")

if TodaysData = -1 then
   printf(1,"Can't open file \n %s", "TODAYS.TXT")
   abort(1)
end if

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- read TODAYS.TXT and append the current record to the appropriate history file
-
-- format of TODAYS.TXT :
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--"AD00U","08/22/2000","   58.92000","   59.05000","   58.80000","   58.92000","
      1815","         18335"
--"AD00Z","08/22/2000","   59.00000","   59.05000","   58.85000","   58.95000","
        32","           660"
--"AD01H","08/22/2000","   58.92000","   59.05000","   58.80000","   58.92000","
      1815","         18335"
--"AD01M","08/22/2000","   58.91000","   58.95000","   58.81000","   58.85000","
         0","             0"
--
------------------------------------------------------
-- Get the name of the history file to be updated   --
-- object #1 of TODAYS.TXT                          --
------------------------------------------------------
-- format of the history file to be appended to is ...
--"08/18/2000","   59.26000","   59.28000","   58.95000","   59.05000","      
1772","        18068"
--"08/21/2000","   58.92000","   59.05000","   58.80000","   58.92000","      
1815","        18335"

pos          = 1
char         = {}
FieldNo      = 1
Field        = {}
WhichFile    = {}
UpdateRecord = {}
FileToUpdate = {}
FilesUpdated = 0
EOF          = false

while true do

   if FieldNo = 1 then                       -- accessing TODAYS.TXT
      UpdateRecord  = get(TodaysData)        -- the 1st object, file name

      if UpdateRecord[1] = GET_EOF then
         EOF = true
         exit
      end if

      if not UpdateRecord[1] = GET_SUCCESS then
         puts(1,"Get of Today's Data failed. Aborting...")
         exit
      end if
   else      -- FieldNo > 1
      UpdateRecord  = gets(TodaysData) -- gets() will get rest of record
   end if

   if atom(UpdateRecord) then
      EOF = true
      exit
   end if

   if FieldNo = 1 then
      WhichFile = UpdateRecord[2]&".TXT"
      WhichFile = "\\CANDLES\\DAILY\\TEST\\"&WhichFile

      FileToUpdate = open(WhichFile,"ab")  -- open History file for append

      if FileToUpdate = -1 then
         puts(1,"History File could not be opened...Aborting ...")
         puts(1,WhichFile)
         wait = wait_key()    -- abort(1)
      end if

      FieldNo += 1    -- get ready for next read (of TodaysData)
   else
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      puts(FileToUpdate,UpdateRecord)  -- note -- an ascii 26 is present
      -- at beginning of appended record, after first append, but not after
      -- subsequent appends of same data.
      -- SAMPLE OF UPDATED FILE: first append is the 3rd record shown.
"08/18/2000","   59.25000","   59.25000","   58.98000","   59.08000","       
640","          648"
"08/21/2000","   59.00000","   59.05000","   58.85000","   58.95000","        
32","          660"
"08/23/2000","   56.90000","   57.35000","   56.90000","   57.16000","       
 529","           809"
"08/23/2000","   56.90000","   57.35000","   56.90000","   57.16000","       
529","           809"
"08/23/2000","   56.90000","   57.35000","   56.90000","   57.16000","       
529","           809"

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      close(FileToUpdate)
      FilesUpdated +=1

      FieldNo = 1   -- ready to start at beginning of the next rec in TODAYS.TXT
   end if

end while

clear_screen()
printf(1,"Files Updated:  %6.0f ",FilesUpdated)
close(TodaysData)
abort(1)

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