Re: What is the difference between > and >> in a makefile.

[givemecode]

givemecode wrote:
> 
> 
> Functionally there is little difference, except that the first approach
> opens the file twice (once in write/truncate mode and once in write/append
> mode), which means twice as many points for an i/o error. The second
> approach only opens the output once and streams the data to it as the data
> is generated (or when the file descriptor is flushed, to be more precise). 
> 

Stephan - I have more more question: why does append (>>) need to open in
truncate mode first? Isn't truncate mode deleting the contents of the file?
append shouldn't delete but well, append. thanks!!
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