Is there any exception, if yes, send the stacktrace, if not, have you checked the permissions? what about writer.close()? I tested it, it worked with this:
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter("test.txt", true); fw.write("test"); fw.flush(); fw.close(); about \n: I don't really know if there's a special method to do this job. try it with int index = theString.indexOf("\n"); theString = theString.substring(0, index); (may be inefficient) Christian -----Original Message----- From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of sufi malak Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FileWriter question no, it does not work. another question please how to get rid of an \n from a string before using it in Writer.write(string); >From: Christian Kurze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and >reference <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: FileWriter question >Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:00:58 +0100 > >Hi, >try it with >writer.flush(). >Also check if you've got the permission to write the file. > >Christian > >-----Original Message----- >From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of sufi malak >Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 5:43 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: FileWriter question > > >Hi, >I want to output some results to a text file using FileWriter : >FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(fname, true); >writer.write("string1"); >writer.write("\t"); // or writer.write(";"); >writer.write("string2"); > >but it does not write tab or ";" > >thanks > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > >=========================================================================== >To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff >JSP-INTEREST". >For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST >DIGEST". >Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com > >=========================================================================== >To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff >JSP-INTEREST". >For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST >DIGEST". >Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com