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append-file

Function
Summary

Appends the contents of a file to another file.

Package

lispworks

Signature

append-file from to

Arguments

from

A pathname specifier.

to

A pathname specifier.

Description

The function append-file appends the contents of the file from to another file. The file from must exist.

append-file opens from for input and to for output using if-exists :append (see cl:open in the Common Lisp HyperSpec ) and copies the contents from from to to .

On any failure append-file signals an error.

append-file does not return a useful value.

See also

copy-file


LispWorks User Guide and Reference Manual - 21 Dec 2011

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