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Should I Delete to Overwrite?

To: REALbasic Network Users Group <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Should I Delete to Overwrite?
From: Steve Schacht <shot at frontier dot net>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:15:13 -0600
Let's say I have a valid reference to a FolderItem for a document that's
currently being edited by a user.  This document has already been saved
previously.  So then the user makes some changes, and the dirty flag is set.
Now the user selects "Save".  When I save the document, I'm writing out the
entire file (as a text stream) each time.  My question is...  Should I be
deleting the existing file before saving?  My testing has indicated that
this is not necessary - i.e. that I can just re-open the text stream and
overwrite what's there - but I wanted to know if this is bad practice for
any reason.


Thanks for the help,

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Steve Schacht
shot at frontier dot net



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