very strange behavior in writing to file












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I have very strange behavior.
For example,



with open("f","w") as fp:
fp.write(s) # s is string


If I write a lot of data then in the beginning of file I see garbage.



The same thing in the binary file.



If I change the mode from w or wb to a or ab then it's ok.



Do you have any idea ?










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    I have very strange behavior.
    For example,



    with open("f","w") as fp:
    fp.write(s) # s is string


    If I write a lot of data then in the beginning of file I see garbage.



    The same thing in the binary file.



    If I change the mode from w or wb to a or ab then it's ok.



    Do you have any idea ?










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      I have very strange behavior.
      For example,



      with open("f","w") as fp:
      fp.write(s) # s is string


      If I write a lot of data then in the beginning of file I see garbage.



      The same thing in the binary file.



      If I change the mode from w or wb to a or ab then it's ok.



      Do you have any idea ?










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      I have very strange behavior.
      For example,



      with open("f","w") as fp:
      fp.write(s) # s is string


      If I write a lot of data then in the beginning of file I see garbage.



      The same thing in the binary file.



      If I change the mode from w or wb to a or ab then it's ok.



      Do you have any idea ?







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          The w flag means "open for writing and truncate the file to zero length. The stream is positioned at the beginning of the file."; you'd probably want to open the file with the a flag which means "open the file for appending".



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            The w flag means "open for writing and truncate the file to zero length. The stream is positioned at the beginning of the file."; you'd probably want to open the file with the a flag which means "open the file for appending".



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                The w flag means "open for writing and truncate the file to zero length. The stream is positioned at the beginning of the file."; you'd probably want to open the file with the a flag which means "open the file for appending".



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