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Synopsis

Write to an open file descriptor

Syntax

UInt_Type write (FD_Type fd, BString_Type buf)

Description

The write function attempts to write the bytes specified by the buf parameter to the open file descriptor fd. It returns the number of bytes successfully written, or -1 and sets errno upon failure. The number of bytes written may be less than length(buf).

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