Rust Essentials - Second Edition

Writing a file

To open a file in write-only mode, use the File::create static method with a reference to its path. This method also returns an io::Result, so we need to pattern match this value:

// code from Chapter 11/code/write_file.rs: static CONTENT: &'static str = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. "; use std::path::Path; use std::fs::File; ...