Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Roy Smith wrote: > >>> Also, how do I do this when dealing with a file ; which file mode >>> should I use and what function should I use to modify a single >>> character once in that file mode? >> This is a much more complicated question, because it depends on the details >> of the operating system you're using. On Unix, you can seek to a specific >> place in a file, write a single character, seek to EOF, and you've done an >> in-place single character edit of the file. > > Why seeking to EOF after writing the byte?
Because some operating systems may create an EOF (thus truncating the file) after a write, close sequence. --Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
