From:	"Chris Jones" <cj7 AT ukc DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: append to a file
Date:	Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:20:39 -0000
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> I want to append 128Byte on a file, so I open with
>
> char string[126];
> FILE *f = fopen(file, "a");
> fprintf(f,"TAG%-125s", string);
> fclose(f);
>
> Why doesn't it write anything to file?

Perhaps you should put something in the string - even just
char string[126] = " ";
because an uninitalized string could screw up printf.

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