. \" Manual Seite fuer filewrite . \" @(#)filewrite.3 1.1 . \" .if t .ds a \v'-0.55m'\h'0.00n'\z.\h'0.40n'\z.\v'0.55m'\h'-0.40n'a .if t .ds o \v'-0.55m'\h'0.00n'\z.\h'0.45n'\z.\v'0.55m'\h'-0.45n'o .if t .ds u \v'-0.55m'\h'0.00n'\z.\h'0.40n'\z.\v'0.55m'\h'-0.40n'u .if t .ds A \v'-0.77m'\h'0.25n'\z.\h'0.45n'\z.\v'0.77m'\h'-0.70n'A .if t .ds O \v'-0.77m'\h'0.25n'\z.\h'0.45n'\z.\v'0.77m'\h'-0.70n'O .if t .ds U \v'-0.77m'\h'0.30n'\z.\h'0.45n'\z.\v'0.77m'\h'-.75n'U .if t .ds s \(*b .if t .ds S SS .if n .ds a ae .if n .ds o oe .if n .ds u ue .if n .ds s sz .TH FILEWRITE 3 "15. Juli 1988" "J\*org Schilling" "Schily\'s LIBRARY FUNCTIONS" .SH NAME filewrite() \- writes into file .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B int filewrite(f,buf,size) .B FILE *f; .B char *buf; .B int size; .fi .SH DESCRIPTION filewrite() writes the size bytes starting at buf into the file. The file must be open for writing. .SH RETURNS .TP .B >= 0 the number of bytes written. .TP .B < 0 error code. .SH NOTES The process suspends if any of the error conditions are not handled. .PP Writing anywhere in the file is allowed. When writing to "raw" devices the size must be multiples of 512.