What is the correct way of specifying the end of a file when using RandomAccessFile class?
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I found conflicting information from two sources. That is why I want to confirm. Thanks
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length returns the length of the file measured in bytes, i.e. if length returns 10 it means that your file is ten bytes long from byte 0 to byte 9. If you positioned (seek) the file pointer with the value returned by length, you will have your pointer just after the last byte. The file looks like this: ------------------------------------- | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ------------------------------------- oraf.seek(oraf.length()) (i.e. oraf.seek(10)) will result in setting the file pointer at position 10. If you want to point to the last byte in the file then you have to use the length()-1 offset. In that case the pointer points to byte 9. HIH
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