append to a file

Fredrik Lundh effbot at telia.com
Mon May 22 16:28:43 EDT 2000


Scott Hathaway <slhath at flash.net> wrote:
> How do I append to a file instead of overwriting it?  I searched on the
> python website and got a hit, but the link was bad.

use the "a+" flag when opening the file (or "w+" and seek to the
end of the file).  for some more info, see the description of "open"
on this page:

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html

hope this helps!

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