Martin v. Löwis <martin <at> v.loewis.de> writes:

> One way of providing this might be a "u" mode for open, which
> updates an existing file on close (unlike "a", which appends,
> and unlike "w", which truncates first).

Doesn't "r+" cover this?

Regards,

Vinay Sajip

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