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# $EPIC: writeb.txt,v 1.3 2007/06/05 03:59:51 jnelson Exp $

Synopsis:

$writeb(<fd> <text>)

Technical:

The writeb function will write binary data to an open file. The <text> you provide must be CTCP-encoded. The xform function allows you to convert data into ctcp-encoded format. The writeb function will not append a newline to <text>, so if you are writing a text file you are responsible for putting in newlines wherever they belong.

As a special case, a window refnum can be given as the file descriptor by prefixing the refnum with a w. This provides access to the logfile for that window. The reserved window refnum 0 can be used to address the current window's logfile, and the reserved window refnum -1 actually addresses the global logfile.

Practical:

This function is useful for saving information to an external file. It is most often used in scripts for saving configuration settings and the like. The $writeb() function is useful for writing to binary files, or for writing lines to a file incrementally.

Returns:

  -1   if file descriptor does not exist
> -1   number of bytes written (text length plus newline, if applicable)

Examples:

$writeb(7 blah blah)             writes "blah blah" to fd "7"
$writeb(foo bar)                 "foo" not an fd, writes nothing
$writeb(w1 this is a test)       write to window refnum 1's logfile
$writeb(w0 this is a test)       write to the current window's logfile
$writeb(w-1 this is a test)      write to the global logfile
writeb.txt · Last modified: 2007/06/05 03:59 by 127.0.0.1