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log.cc

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+#include <fstream>
+
+#include "public.h"
+#include "log.h"
+
+// gets the number of lines in a file. returns -1 if there was an error.
+int
+linesInFile(string path)
+{
+	ifstream file(path);
+	if (!file) {
+		return 1;
+	} else {
+		int lineNum = 0;
+		string line;
+
+		int num = 0;
+		while (getline(file, line))
+			num++;
+		return num;
+	}
+}
+
+// appends a line of text to the end of a given file. returns 0 if the file
+// existed, 1 if it didn't work
+int
+writeToFile(string path, string line, bool incLineNum)
+{
+	ofstream file;
+	file.open(path, ios_base::app); // open the file in append mode
+
+	if (file.is_open()) {
+		file << line << endl;
+		// this probably would help but theres too much broken stuff
+		// right now to be sure if (incLineNum)
+		//{
+		//     linePos++;
+		// }
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		// do something if it didn't work
+		return 1; // i guess that's good enough for now
+	}
+}