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IFileHelperEngineTAppendToFile Method (String, IEnumerableT)

Append an array of records to the specified file.

Namespace:  FileHelpers
Assembly:  FileHelpers (in FileHelpers.dll) Version: 3.2.6
Syntax
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void AppendToFile(
	string fileName,
	IEnumerable<T> records
)

Parameters

fileName
Type: SystemString
The file path to be appended to.
records
Type: System.Collections.GenericIEnumerableT
The records to write (Can be an array, ArrayList, etc)

Return Value

Type: 
True if the operation is successful. False otherwise.
Remarks
This method opens, seeks to the end, writes and closes the file (don't open or close the file before or after calling this method)
Examples
This example shows a simple example of use of the library with a minimum of code:
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using FileHelpers;

// First declare the record class

[Delimitedrecord("|")]
public class SampleType
{
    public string Field1;
    public int    Field2;
}


public void AppendExample()
{
    var engine = new FileHelperEngine<SampleType>();

    SampleType[] records = new SampleType[1];

    records[0] = new SampleType();

    records[0].Field1 = "Hello World";
    records[0].Field2 = 12;

    engine.AppendToFile("destination.txt", records);

    // Now the file contains have one more record at the end:
    // 
    // Hello World,12

}
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