Append to a file in Go

Question

So I can read from a local file like so:

data, error := ioutil.ReadFile(name)

And I can write to a local file

ioutil.WriteF         


        

Answer 1

Let's say you want to add the contents of filecurrent to the file all, then below code is working:

func updateTrx() {
    var err error
    var f *os.File

    // If the file doesn't exist, create it, or append to the file
    if f, err = os.OpenFile("all.csv", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644); err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    defer func() {
        if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
            log.Fatal("error", err)
        }
    }()

    var current *os.File
    if current, err = os.OpenFile("current.csv", os.O_RDONLY, 0); err != nil {
        log.Fatal("error", err)
    }

    defer func() {
        if err := current.Close(); err != nil {
            log.Fatal("error", err)
        }
    }()

    if fileBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(current); err != nil {
        log.Fatal("error", err)
    } else {
        if _, err := f.Write([]byte(fileBytes)); err != nil {
            log.Fatal(err)
        }
    }
}