Friday 12 August 2005 22:12 pm paolino wrote: [...] >>>>>f = open('test', 'a+') >>>>>f.read() >> >> '' >> >> -> append mode does not read from file, *not ok* >> >> > This is right IMO 'a' is appending so seek(-1)
True, thank you. f.tell() shows the file pointer is at EOF. On my Debian Linux (unstable), Python 2.3.4 +2.3.5, however, the file pointer is at the beginning of the file. Is that behaviour intended? Ciao Uwe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list