obsolete SD library documentation.

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apparently arduino 1.0 supports multiple files, however pages like SD - Arduino Reference still say

Note: only one file can be open at a time.

just saying. I think to open multiple files you make more SD objects (correct? I have no idea, of course, this is a guess) but it mentions this no-where (as far as I checked), not in examples either. I only found this in the release notes, the blog, and the "home page" of the SD library documentation.

sorry if I somehow anger admins again like I did in my previous topic, were I thought the problem of an incorrect image was easy to understand, I was wrong. I tried to make this as easy to understand as possible, to avoid more pointless arguments. thanks!

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Hello.
I, too, struggled with this issue (SD library documentation not up to date with latest release of Arduino 1.00).
After much trial and error, I found that, in the beginning of one's program, one simply needs to declare another file to exist. For example, I used:

File myFile;
File myFile2;

Then just go about opening, closing, writing, reading, etc. each File in the normal way independent of the other.
I have tried this for just 2 files to be open at the same time. Worked great. I don't know how many FIles can be declared before Arduino complains.
Good luck!
Bob