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| <h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">write</h5> |
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| <p><a name="index-write_002c-file_002di_002fo-system-call-2507"></a> |
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| <dt>Synopsis:<dd> |
| <pre class="smallexample"> int write(int fd, const void *buf, unsigned int count); |
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| <br><dt>Request:<dd>‘<samp><span class="samp">Fwrite,</span><var>fd</var><span class="samp">,</span><var>bufptr</var><span class="samp">,</span><var>count</var></samp>’ |
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| <br><dt>Return value:<dd>On success, the number of bytes written are returned. |
| Zero indicates nothing was written. On error, -1 |
| is returned. |
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| <br><dt>Errors:<dd> |
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| <dt><code>EBADF</code><dd><var>fd</var> is not a valid file descriptor or is not open for |
| writing. |
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| <br><dt><code>EFAULT</code><dd><var>bufptr</var> is an invalid pointer value. |
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| <br><dt><code>EFBIG</code><dd>An attempt was made to write a file that exceeds the |
| host-specific maximum file size allowed. |
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| <br><dt><code>ENOSPC</code><dd>No space on device to write the data. |
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| <br><dt><code>EINTR</code><dd>The call was interrupted by the user. |
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