Opening file in Append mode : using open() API

i am trying to open a file in append mode using open() api call , how开发者_开发问答ever following code is not working ! Its not writing anything to file! here is my code :

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O_APPEND is not a mode by itself; it's a flag. Since the value of O_RDONLY is 0, it's like you're trying to open the file read-only but for append, which is nonsense. Use O_WRONLY|O_APPEND or O_RDWR|O_APPEND.