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It does. It seeks to the end before every write.

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Re^3: open for append
by kscaldef (Pilgrim) on Aug 26, 2005 at 18:20 UTC
    Make sure to note merlin's comment below. It's not sufficient to seek then write in userspace, because it's not atomic. It needs to happen in the kernel, not libc.