using System; using System.IO; using System.Text; class Test { public static void Main() { string path = @"c:\temp\MyTest.txt"; // This text is added only once to the file. if (!File.Exists(path)) { // Create a file to write to. string createText = "Hello and Welcome" + Environment.NewLine; File.WriteAllText(path, createText, Encoding.UTF8); } // This text is always added, making the file longer over time // if it is not deleted. string appendText = "This is extra text" + Environment.NewLine; File.AppendAllText(path, appendText, Encoding.UTF8); // Open the file to read from. string readText = File.ReadAllText(path, Encoding.UTF8); Console.WriteLine(readText); } }