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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> (defun write-string-to-file (string file)
>>   "Write STRING to FILE.
>> Create nonexistent FILE otherwise overwrite."
>>   (interactive "sstring: \nFfile: ")
>>   (with-temp-file file
>>     (insert string "\n") ))
>
> We have append-to-file, which can do this out
> of the box.

6. Use `append-to-file'.

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