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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man2/write.2 b/static/unix-v10/man2/write.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..26e8277d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man2/write.2 @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +.TH WRITE 2 +.CT 2 file_io comm_proc +.SH NAME +write \(mi write on a file +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B int write(fildes, buffer, nbytes) +.B char *buffer; +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Write +writes +.I nbytes +bytes of data starting at +.I buffer +to the file associated with +.I fildes +at the file pointer location. +The file pointer is advanced by the number of bytes written. +.PP +The number of characters actually written is returned. +It should be regarded as an error +if this is not the same as requested. +.PP +If +.IR fildes +refers to an append-only file (see +.IR stat (2)), +the file pointer is set to the end of the +file before writing. +.PP +Writes which are aligned with file system blocks +are more efficient than others; see +.IR filsys (5). +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR creat (2), +.IR open (2), +.IR pipe (2), +.IR select (2) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +.BR EBADF , +.BR EFAULT , +.BR EINTR , +.BR EINVAL , +.BR EIO , +.BR ELAB , +.BR ENXIO , +.BR EPIPE , +.BR EROFS +.SH BUGS +A +.I write +call may fail because of a prior call to +.IR lseek . |
