[Tutor] Cant write new line at end of file append

[Tiger12506]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dave selby" <dave6502 at googlemail.com>
To: "Python Tutor" <tutor at python.org>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 12:03 PM
Subject: [Tutor] Cant write new line at end of file append


> Hi all,
>
> I need to write a newline at the end of a string I am appending to a
> file. I tried ...
>
> journal.write('%s#%s\n' % (jpeg[:-4], self.snap_init[feed]))
>
> The text is all there but no new line at the end .... any idea what I
> am doing wrong ? ... thought \n would do it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave

Different operating systems deal with newline differently, and sometimes 
libraries are built upon the assumption that a particular operating system 
uses a particular style of newline. Have you tried \r\n?