Golang : Append content to a file




In this tutorial, we will learn how to open a file with specific mode such as for appending data when writing. This means that the operation depends on how the file is opened initially.

Example of appending content to a file :

appendfile.go

 package main

 import (
 "os"
 "fmt"
 )

 func main () {
 // open files r and w
 file, err := os.OpenFile("input.txt", os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY,0600)
 if err != nil {
 panic(err)
 }
 defer file.Close()

 if _, err = file.WriteString(" this is the APPENDED text"); err != nil {
 panic(err)
 }

 fmt.Printf("Appended into file\n")
 }

There is a reference at the page bottom on what os.O_APPEND and os.O_WRONLY parameters about.

Reference :

Extract from http://golang.org/src/pkg/os/file.go

 // Flags to Open wrapping those of the underlying system. Not all flags
 // may be implemented on a given system.
 const (
 O_RDONLY int = syscall.O_RDONLY // open the file read-only.
 O_WRONLY int = syscall.O_WRONLY // open the file write-only.
 O_RDWR int = syscall.O_RDWR // open the file read-write.
 O_APPEND int = syscall.O_APPEND // append data to the file when writing.
 O_CREATE int = syscall.O_CREAT  // create a new file if none exists.
 O_EXCL int = syscall.O_EXCL // used with O_CREATE, file must not exist
 O_SYNC int = syscall.O_SYNC // open for synchronous I/O.
 O_TRUNC  int = syscall.O_TRUNC  // if possible, truncate file when opened.
 )




By Adam Ng

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