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# init(toFileAtPath:append:)

Returns an initialized output stream for writing to a specified file.

```
convenience init?(toFileAtPath path: String, append shouldAppend: Bool)
```

## Parameters

`path`

The path to the file the output stream will write to.

`shouldAppend`

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> if newly written data should be appended to any existing file contents, otherwise <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>.

## Return Value

An initialized output stream that can write to `path`.

## Discussion

The stream must be opened before it can be used.

## See Also

[`outputStreamToFileAtPath:append:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSOutputStream/outputStreamToFileAtPath:append:)

Creates and returns an initialized output stream for writing to a specified file.


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