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Is the function appendFileSync buffered. For example if I do 1000 calls to the function, with only a few characters to be written, will the function buffer my characters and only actually write to the file when the buffer is full or will it write to the file every time I call the function?

I'm curious to know if I need to implement buffering for it or if it's already built in.

Paul
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    This might guide you in the right (write lol) direction: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10368255/490790 – SeedyROM May 10 '22 at 12:55

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According to the source code, the flow applied when using appendFileSync is the following:

- appendFileSync
  - writeFileSync
    - openSync
    - writeSync
    - closeSync

Provided that the file is opened and closed everytime, it does not use a buffering logic and will write data to the disk directly each time.

Edit: After inspecting closer, it appears that if you provide the file descriptor yourself, it will not open and close the file for you, so in this case this might be what you look for

jkoestinger
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