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  64. <h4 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">write</h4>
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  67. <dt>Synopsis:</dt>
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  69. <pre class="smallexample">int write(int fd, const void *buf, unsigned int count);
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  71. </dd>
  72. <dt>Request:</dt>
  73. <dd><p>&lsquo;<samp>Fwrite,<var>fd</var>,<var>bufptr</var>,<var>count</var></samp>&rsquo;
  74. </p>
  75. </dd>
  76. <dt>Return value:</dt>
  77. <dd><p>On success, the number of bytes written are returned.
  78. Zero indicates nothing was written. On error, -1
  79. is returned.
  80. </p>
  81. </dd>
  82. <dt>Errors:</dt>
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  85. <dt><code>EBADF</code></dt>
  86. <dd><p><var>fd</var> is not a valid file descriptor or is not open for
  87. writing.
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  90. <dt><code>EFAULT</code></dt>
  91. <dd><p><var>bufptr</var> is an invalid pointer value.
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  94. <dt><code>EFBIG</code></dt>
  95. <dd><p>An attempt was made to write a file that exceeds the
  96. host-specific maximum file size allowed.
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  99. <dt><code>ENOSPC</code></dt>
  100. <dd><p>No space on device to write the data.
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  103. <dt><code>EINTR</code></dt>
  104. <dd><p>The call was interrupted by the user.
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