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I need to write an application that appends data to an exisiting data file. &nbsp;From what I can determine, all of the Java xxxOutputStream classes want to create a new file rather than appending.<br />
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I have to believe this is something I'm overlooking, rather than something the Java group forgot.
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I need to write an application that appends data to an exisiting data file.  From what I can determine, all of the Java xxxOutputStream classes want to create a new file rather than appending.

I have to believe this is something I'm overlooking, rather than something the Java group forgot.

Appending to data files from java code

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