Subj : Syntax
To   : DesotoFireflite
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Mar 07 2022 08:58 am

 Re: Syntax
 By: DesotoFireflite to All on Mon Mar 07 2022 08:41 am

> I want to be able to add to the top of a file, but I can only find out how
> to add to the bottom of a file. Currently I am using:
>
> fopen file 0_CREAT|0_WRONLY|O_APPEND "C:\SBBS\XTRN\INFO\INFO.LST"
>
> and that appends to the bottom of the list, but I want to show the newest to
> oldest, not oldest to newest.
>
> I'm assuming I just leave off the O_APPEND, but is there a correct way.

Leaving off O_APPEND will *overwrite* the portions of the file you write to. There is no standard method for "inserting" data into a file. You would have to read the file contents and re-write them with the "inserted" data first, then the old data.
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