Re: creating/copying files..

On 29 Dec 2005 03:13:17 +0100, Frances <fdr58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote, quoted
or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>actually the goal is not to create an empty file, but a file that I will
>be writing into, and will also need to copy, modify files... Roedy, as
>a "side effect of writing?" writing where?? :) thanks.. Frances

If you look at the generated sample code at
http://mindprod.com/applets/fileio.html to write a file, as a side
effect, if the file does not already exist, it will create it.
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