No. append is false by default.
Here is an example to show the difference:
io = IOBuffer();
write(io, "JuliaLang is a GitHub organization.", " It has many members.");
seekstart(io);
write(io, "I'm excited to learn Julia");
println(String(take!(io)));
close(io);
Output:
I'm excited to learn Julianization. It has many members.
io = IOBuffer(append=true);
write(io, "JuliaLang is a GitHub organization.", " It has many members.");
seekstart(io);
write(io, "I'm excited to learn Julia");
println(String(take!(io)));
close(io);
Output:
JuliaLang is a GitHub organization. It has many members.I'm excited to learn Julia
The seekstart() has no effect if append=true.