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How can I write to the beginning of a file and insert rather than overwrite data?

Is there a way in Pascal to write to the start of a file, without overwriting other data?

I have learnt Seek(F, 0);but this overwrites the first thing in the file.

Solution

  • You may achieve your goal with the following algorithm:

    • Create temporary file;
    • Write your new data to this temporary file;
    • Read all data from target file and append them to temporary file;
    • Rename temporary file to target one;