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Sebastien wrote:

> Is it possible to remove the text
>
> "Added to <filename>"
>
> which appears in the minibuffer after appending text to a file via
>
> (append-to-file min max filename)
> or
> (write-region min max filename t)  ?


(defun my-append-to-file (start end filename)
  "Like `append-to-file', but silent."
  (interactive "r\nFAppend to file: ")
  (write-region start end filename t 1))
;                                    ^
;                                    |