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fblockwrite

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This function starts with a lowercase letter.

Description​

Write data to a file in binary format, while ignoring line brakes and encoding.

NameDescription
File:handleThe File handle to use, opened by fopen().
const buffer[]The data to write to the file.
size = sizeof (buffer)The number of cells to write.

Returns​

This function does not return any specific values.

Examples​

// Define "some_enum"
enum _:some_enum
{
    some_data1,
    some_data2[20],
    Float:some_data3
}

// Declare "some_data"
new some_data[some_enum];

// ...

// Open "file.bin" in "write only" mode
new File:handle = fopen("file.bin", io_write);

// Check, if "file.bin" is open
if (handle)
{
    // Success

    // Write "some_data" into "file.bin"
    fblockwrite(handle, some_data);

    // Close "file.bin"
    fclose(handle);
}
else
{
    // Error
    print("Failed to open \"file.bin\".");
}

Notes​

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Using an invalid handle will crash your server! Get a valid handle by using fopen or ftemp.

  • fopen: Open a file.
  • fclose: Close a file.
  • ftemp: Create a temporary file stream.
  • fremove: Remove a file.
  • fwrite: Write to a file.
  • fread: Read a file.
  • fputchar: Put a character in a file.
  • fgetchar: Get a character from a file.
  • fblockread: Read blocks of data from a file.
  • fseek: Jump to a specific character in a file.
  • flength: Get the file length.
  • fexist: Check, if a file exists.
  • fmatch: Check, if patterns with a file name matches.
  • ftell: Get the current position in the file.
  • fflush: Flush a file to disk (ensure all writes are complete).
  • fstat: Return the size and the timestamp of a file.
  • frename: Rename a file.
  • fcopy: Copy a file.
  • filecrc: Return the 32-bit CRC value of a file.
  • diskfree: Returns the free disk space.
  • fattrib: Set the file attributes.
  • fcreatedir: Create a directory.