I'm using an iterator in ModelBuilder (1) to merge files, using a feedback loop (2). The output file is named "Output_%n%.txt", (3), so each file is unique.
Now, I'm merging a fair number of files, so I'm trying to speed the process up. Since I don't care about the interim files, I can write them out to in_memory. But I would like to save the final file, viz: "Output_167.txt" to C:\myfile rather than in_memory.
(0) Yes, APPEND would work, but this has other applications.
(1) http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00400000001n000000.htm
(2) http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Iteration_using_feedback
(3) http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//002w0000005s000000