For a newly created file, is there any difference between write() and append() methods?

Question

For a newly created file, is there any difference between write() and append() methods, in Python?

Answer 1

When you open a file in append mode, the seek pointer points to the end of the file (the pointer position will be non-zero if the file is not empty).

On new (empty) files, the end is equal to the beginning. So appending is the same as overwriting.