Rewrite

The procedure rewrite clears and opens a file for writing. If the file did not exist, it is created.

signature

• rewrite(var destination: text)
• rewrite(var destination: file of T) where T is an acceptable record type
• rewrite(var destination: file; recordsize: longInt = 128) (FPC extension)

behavior

After invoking rewrite it is guaranteed that

• the destination file is completely undefined (i. e. empty),
• the writing cursor is at the beginning of the file, and
• the file is writable and non-readable.

see also

• reset