On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Ben Noordhuis <i...@bnoordhuis.nl> wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Mark Volkmann >> <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The fs documentation says "Exclusive mode (O_EXCL) ensures that path >>> is newly created." >>> Does that make sense for "ax" and "ax+" that append to an existing file? >> >> No. > > I'm confused then why the modes "ax" and "ax+" exist.
Sorry, I should've been less brief. The crux is "append to an existing file" - that never happens because ax and ax+ either create a new file or fail. The new file is opened in append mode. -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
