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Subject: Re: Create and Append_File
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> As you note, Create (In_File) is already nonsense, so Create
> (Append_File) might as well be nonsense as well (it's *less* nonsense
> in any case, since a modeless Reset preserves the mode, and the file
> wouldn't necessarily be empty at that point).

I guess I should add this to my StackOverflow answer which may have been
the trigger for this question. I have No Idea why I thought it sensible
to Create the file in Append_File mode.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/56404909/40851