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Function FileAppend() Foundation

Concatenates two files.

Syntax
FileAppend( <cSourceFile>, ;
            <cTargetFile>  ;
          ) --> nBytesAdded
Return

Returns the number of bytes added to <cTargetFile>. This corresponds to the file size of <cSourceFile>. If an error occurs 0 is returned.

Description

This function is intended to rebuild a complete file from file fragments which are copied to several diskettes.

If <cTargeFile> does not exist it is created otherwise it is opened. The contents of <cSourceFile> are written to the end of <cTargetFile>. If an error occurs during this process the entire file <cTargetFile> will be deleted.

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