.\"write a buffer to a file .DT write_buffer $MUDNAME$ driver help write_buffer .SH Name .SI 5 write_buffer() - write a buffer to a file .EI .SH Synopsis .SI 5 int write_buffer( mixed dest, int start, mixed source ); .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 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. .EP .SH See also .SI 5 read_buffer(), allocate_buffer() .EI