[Baypiggies] File IO question

[Aahz]

On Tue, Jul 25, 2006, Ken Seehart wrote:
> 
> My question is this: If I write a single byte to a file that contains
> exactly one byte, can I be sure that a power outage during the write
> will not render the file unreadable?

No, you cannot be sure.  What I would do is keep the data in two
different directories; that makes it more likely that you'll be able to
recover your data.  Also, what OS are you using?  (Yes, I saw that it was
Linux, not all Linux is alike.)  You may be able to format the flash disk
with a filesystem that allows journaling.

Another point: I would use \x00 and \xFF for the byte.
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