Re: Updating a single line in a file

"Curt Zirzow" <czirzow@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 20060318190754.GA95217@bagend.shire... > On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 11:01:07AM +0100, smr78 wrote: >> Hi, >> What is the best method to update a single line in a text file? >> I have a file made of identifiers, that is pointed on by a htaccess file >> and >> used by a server to give access to a web site. >> The file content is like this : >> login1:pass1\r\n >> login2:pass2\r\n >> .... >> loginn:passn\r\n >> loginn1:passn1\r\n >> .... >> lastlogin:lastpass\r\n > > Why dont you use a database for this? You will run into race > conditions at some point. > > If you need a file based database take a look at sqlite. > > Curt. > -- About the race conditions, I didn't mentionned I had some extras code to care about concurrent writing on the file About database, I know that will be the best, but on this small site, I can't use full database! Thank you for your answer SR