02-01-2003, 03:11 AM
well, here's the way files work: you either have input (reading), output (writing) or append (adding to). if you want to merely *change* something, you have two options:
read the entire file, change what's needed, rewrite the entire file
or
somehow figure out the exact position in bytes of that part, and change it with binary access. (get # and put #)
read the entire file, change what's needed, rewrite the entire file
or
somehow figure out the exact position in bytes of that part, and change it with binary access. (get # and put #)
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