What is the best variant for appending a new line in a text file?

Using OpenOptions::append is the clearest way to append to a file:

use std::fs::OpenOptions;
use std::io::prelude::*;

fn main() {
    let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
        .write(true)
        .append(true)
        .open("my-file")
        .unwrap();

    if let Err(e) = writeln!(file, "A new line!") {
        eprintln!("Couldn't write to file: {}", e);
    }
}

As of Rust 1.8.0 (commit) and RFC 1252, append(true) implies write(true). This should not be a problem anymore.

Before Rust 1.8.0, you must use both write and append — the first one allows you to write bytes into a file, the second specifies where the bytes will be written.