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Why can we not insert into files without the additional writes? (I neither mean append, nor over-write)

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This occurs as a programming language independent problem to me. I have a file with the content aaabddd When I want to insert C behind b then my code needs to rewrite ddd to get aaabCddd Why can I not just insert C at this position? I can not do this in Java, Python, ... . I can not do this in Linux, Windows, ... . Am I right? I do not understand why C can't simply be inserted without the…

This occurs as a programming language independent problem to me.

I have a file with the content

aaabddd

When I want to insert C behind b then my code needs to rewrite ddd to get

aaabCddd

Why can I not just insert C at this position?

I can not do this in Java, Python, ... . I can not do this in Linux, Windows, ... . Am I right?

I do not understand why C can't simply be inserted without the additional writes. Would someone please explain why this is so?

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