Question

I would like to append a new line to an existing file without erasing the current information of that file. In short, here is the methodology that I am using the current time:

import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.Writer;

Writer output;
output = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(my_file_name));  //clears file every time
output.append("New Line!");
output.close();

The problem with the above lines is simply they are erasing all the contents of my existing file then adding the new line text.

I want to append some text at the end of the contents of a file without erasing or replacing anything.

Answer 1

you have to open the file in append mode, which can be achieved by using the FileWriter(String fileName, boolean append) constructor.

output = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(my_file_name, true));

should do the trick