[erlang-questions] File IO

Tuncer Ayaz tuncer.ayaz@REDACTED
Fri May 16 21:02:56 CEST 2008


On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Gleb Peregud <gleber.p@REDACTED> wrote:
> I haven't checked it myself, but i think you sould close file when
> done writing (to force erlang/OS to flush IO). Add
> file:close(WriteDescr). at the end of the function

Adding file:close is good but even without file:close
the file gets written, it's only delayed a bit and
the file may be locked.

Am I wrong to remember/assume that file io is done
async'ly and possibly via message passing internally?

> On 5/16/08, Vlad12 <vsarpe@REDACTED> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, I am trying to create an erlang program that takes a binary trace file
>> and converts it into normal text.
>>
>> My question is, how can i write a bunch of terms to a file. Here is how my
>> code looks like, but using different terms (in string representation) and
>> this compiles, runs, but produces an empty file. Am I missing something
>> important?
>>
>> -module(test).
>> -export([write/1]).
>> -import(lists,[foreach/2]).
>>
>> write(WriteFile) ->
>>    {ok, WriteDescr} = file:open(WriteFile, [raw, write]),
>>    Terms = ["one","two","three","four","five"],
>>    Writer=fun(Term) -> file:write(WriteDescr, Term) end,
>>    lists:foreach(Writer, Terms).
>>
>> Vlad.
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