When file truncation happens by Basic's Open statement

[Takeshi Abe]

Hi Andrew,

On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:51:12 -0500, "Andrew Pitonyak" <andrew at pitonyak.org> wrote:
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> I evaluated the behavior from Basic for all of the different modes based on a specific build on a specific Linux platform. I did not read the code, nor did I test different platforms. I documented all of this in OOME on my web site. Don't remember the direct link, but, it is on http://www.pitonyak.org under my macros page. 
I always admire your OOME book.  It's a precious resource for learning
Basic.
Anyway for resolving tdf#119102 we will need not only information
about observed behavior of Open statement but also its consistent spec.

Cheers,
-- Takeshi Abe

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> I also loop at a few other methods for opening files using a service that might be useful to you. 
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