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Bridge : FileIO Class

write()

Description

Write data to the file.

This communicates with the Linux distribution through Bridge. While functionally similar to the SD library, the underlying code and connections are different.

Syntax

• file.write(data)
• file.write(buf, len)

Parameters

• file: an instance of the File class (returned by FileIO.open())
• data: the byte, char, or string (char *) to write
• buf: an array of characters or bytes
• len: the number of elements in buf

Returns

byte : write() will return the number of bytes written, though reading that number is optional

See also

• print()?
• println()?
• read()

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