[Coco] basic09 - append to file

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> Willard,
> I'm fairly sure that the value you use as a parameter for SEEK should be
> INTEGER, not REAL.
>

You'd think so, but basic09 manual says seek wants a real.  maybe
because b09 ints aren't big enough?

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willard Goosey" <goosey at virgo.sdc.org>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] basic09 - append to file
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>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 04:13:08PM -0500, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm missing it.. is there an easy way to append to a file (like
>>> a log file) in basic09?  all the print,write,put statements seem to
>>> write at the current file pointer which is 0 on open.  any trick or
>>> simple way to seek to the end?
>>
>> It looks like the easiest way is to do a SYSCALL with GETSTA SS.SIZ,
>> convert the result to a real, and SEEK to that.
>>
>> Willard
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