Practice Common Operations (13.2.1) - File Handling

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Question 1.
What does it mean to create a file?
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Think about where data is kept.
Question 2.
What do you do when you open a file?
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It comes before reading or writing.
3Question 3.
What is the purpose of the 'Create' operation?
- To access a file
- To make a new file
- To modify a file
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Consider what comes before accessing a file.
4Question 4.
Is it necessary to close a file after use?
- True
- False
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Think about resource management in applications.
Question 5.
Discuss the implications of not closing a file properly in a multi-threaded environment. How might this affect data integrity?
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Think about race conditions and resource contention.
Question 6.
Imagine you are developing a logging application. Describe your approach to handling file operations to ensure that log messages are appended correctly without losing any data.
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Consider how logs accumulate over time and how concurrent writes might affect them.

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