FWRITE() Write to an open binary file ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Syntax FWRITE(<nHandle>, <cBuffer>, [<nBytes>]) --> nBytesWritten Arguments <nHandle> is the file handle obtained from FOPEN(), FCREATE(), or predefined by DOS. <cBuffer> is the character string to write to the specified file. <nBytes> indicates the number of bytes to write beginning at the current file pointer position. If omitted, the entire content of <cBuffer> is written. Returns FWRITE() returns the number of bytes written as an integer numeric value. If the value returned is equal to <nBytes>, the operation was successful. If the return value is less than <nBytes> or zero, either the disk is full or another error has occurred. Description FWRITE() is a low-level file function that writes data to an open binary file from a character string buffer. You can either write all or a portion of the buffer contents. Writing begins at the current file position, and the function returns the actual number of bytes written. If FWRITE() results in an error condition, FERROR() can be used to determine the specific error. Warning! This function allows low-level access to DOS files and devices. It should be used with extreme care and requires a thorough knowledge of the operating system Examples . This example copies the contents of one file to another: #include "Fileio.ch" #define F_BLOCK 512 // cBuffer := SPACE(F_BLOCK) nInfile := FOPEN("Temp.txt", FO_READ) nOutfile := FCREATE("Newfile.txt", FC_NORMAL) lDone := .F. // DO WHILE !lDone nBytesRead := FREAD(nInfile, @cBuffer, F_BLOCK) IF FWRITE(nOutfile, cBuffer, nBytesRead) < ; nBytesRead ? "Write fault: ", FERROR() lDone := .T. ELSE lDone := (nBytesRead == 0) ENDIF ENDDO // FCLOSE(nInfile) FCLOSE(nOutfile) Files Library is CLIPPER.LIB.
See Also: FCLOSE() FCREATE() FERROR() FOPEN() I2BIN()