I am using this code to append a new line to the end of a file:
let text = "New line".to_string();
let mut option = OpenOptions::new();
option.read(true);
option.write(true);
option.create(true);
match option.open("foo.txt") {
Err(e) => {
println!("Error");
}
Ok(mut f) => {
println!("File opened");
let size = f.seek(SeekFrom::End(0)).unwrap();
let n_text = match size {
0 => text.clone(),
_ => format!("\n{}", text),
};
match f.write_all(n_text.as_bytes()) {
Err(e) => {
println!("Write error");
}
Ok(_) => {
println!("Write success");
}
}
f.sync_all();
}
}
It works, but I think it's too difficult. I found option.append(true);, but if I use it instead of option.write(true); I get "Write error".
Using OpenOptions::append is the clearest way to append to a file:
use std::fs::OpenOptions;
fn main() {
let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
.write(true)
.append(true)
.open("my-file")
.unwrap();
if let Err(e) = writeln!(file, "A new line!") {
eprintln!("Couldn't write to file: {}", e);
}
}
As of Rust 1.8.0 (commit) and RFC 1252, append(true) implies write(true). This should not be a problem anymore.
Before Rust 1.8.0, you must use both write and append — the first one allows you to write bytes into a file, the second specifies where the bytes will be written.