QTextStream appends when run more than once

[Prophet]

QTextStream stream(&serverList);
            stream << document.toString();
            serverList.close();

QTextStream stream(&serverList);
            stream << document.toString();
            serverList.close();

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how can i get it to overwrite the file and not append to it

[wysota]

Don't open serverList in append mode.

[Prophet]

how would i open it in overwrite ?

<< appends

whats the alternative ?

[wysota]

Rewind the device before you write to it again or reopen the device.

[Prophet]

like seek(0)

[Prophet]

I've tried serverList.seek(0) but with no success i also tried resize but that failed as well

QFile serverList("/stuff/Servers.xml");
        if(!serverList.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text))
        {
            qDebug() << "Failed to open file for write";
        }
        else
        {
            serverList.seek(0);
            QTextStream stream(&serverList);
            stream << document.toString();
            serverList.close();
        }

QFile serverList("/stuff/Servers.xml");
        if(!serverList.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text))
        {
            qDebug() << "Failed to open file for write";
        }
        else
        {
            serverList.seek(0);
            QTextStream stream(&serverList);
            stream << document.toString();
            serverList.close();
        }

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[Prophet]

ok so apparently its not the file thats the problem, its document.toString() that once run again is appended to document.. i have tried to document.clear() after the stream << document.toString() but that still does not solve my issue any thoughts ?