.\"write a buffer to a file, or read into a buffer from a source .TH write_buffer 3 "5 Sep 1994" MudOS "LPC Library Functions" .SH NAME write_buffer() - write a buffer to a file, or read into a buffer from a source .SH SYNOPSIS .nf int write_buffer( string | buffer dest, int start, mixed source ); .SH DESCRIPTION If `dest' is a file, then `source' must be an int (and will be written to the file in network-byte-order), a buffer, or a string, and `source' will be written to the file `dest' starting at byte # `start'. If `dest' is a buffer, then `source' will be written into the buffer starting at byte # `start' in the buffer. If `source' is an int, it will be written in network-byte-order. .SH SEE ALSO read_buffer(3), allocate_buffer(3) .SH AUTHOR Truilkan