file.readlines() - gives me error (bad file descriptor)

[Binu K S]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:17:11 +0530, Gurpreet Sachdeva
<gurpreet.sachdeva at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:55:22 +0530, Binu K S <binux.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>The file's current position moves as you write into it.
> I concure and have figured out the solution BUT while reading from the
> file from the position where the file handler is, should return
> "Null/Blank/Anything in this world" BUT should not write into the
> file...
> The information written was that in the Buffer of the handler... Does
> that mean reading a file will actually release the buffer by throwing
> the contents in the file???
> 

I'm sorry, I didn't get what you trying to say here. Where do you see
a read altering the file? An example might help.

> Please Comment...
> 
> >>>You normally wouldn't read from the file that you are writing into.
> 
> May be applicable in handling logs...

Sometimes after opening a file you read the contents of a file and
then append to it. I haven't seen writing to a file and then going
back to see what was written.

> 
> Regards,
> Garry
>