io.Copy（）清除阅读器内容

Question

    package main

    import (
        "fmt"
        "io"
        "io/ioutil"
        "os"
    )

    func main() {
        file, err := os.Open("HelloWorld")
        if nil != err {
            fmt.Println(err)
        }
        defer file.Close()

        fileTo, err := os.Create("fileTo")
        if nil != err {
            fmt.Println(err)
        }
        defer file.Close()

        _, err = io.Copy(fileTo, file)
        if nil != err {
            fmt.Println(err)
        }

        fileByteOne, err := ioutil.ReadAll(file)
        if nil != err {
            fmt.Println(err)
        }

        fmt.Println(fileByteOne)
    }

io.Copy() will erase the file content, the output is :

[]

Copy(dst Writer, src Reader) copies from src to dst, it will erase the src content. Is there any way to avoid erasing?

Answer 1

io.Copy(fileTo, file) will erase the file content

It won't. But it will move the read position to EOF, meaning the next ioutil.ReadAll() will start at ... EOF.

You could close it and re-open 'file'before your ioutil.ReadAll().

By the way, you have two defer file.Close() instances: the second one should be defer fileTo.Close().
Or, simpler, reset it with a SectionReader.Seek(), as suggested by PeterSO's answer.

 _, err = file.Seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)

It is also illustrated in GoByExamples Reading Files:

There is no built-in rewind, but Seek(0, 0) accomplishes this.

(os.SEEK_SET is define in os constants, as 0)

const SEEK_SET int = 0 // seek relative to the origin of the file