[erlang-questions] File IO

[Vlad12]

Sorry for the confusion, it turns out that adding file:close solved the
porblem on the toy problem i used as a "test". I added file:close to my real
program and it didnt work.. then I relaized that part was never executed.

Thank you for your comments.


Vlad12 wrote:
> 
> Adding file:close(WriteDescr) did not solve the problem.
> 
> The file gets created but nothing get written. Strange
> 
> 
> 
> Tuncer Ayaz wrote:
>> 
>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Gleb Peregud <
> 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 <
> 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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