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title: filesystem / write_bytes
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# write_bytes

### NAME

    write_bytes() - writes a contiguous series of bytes to a file

### SYNOPSIS

    int write_bytes( string path, int start, string series );

### DESCRIPTION

    This  function  writes  the  bytes  in  'series' into the file named by
    'path' beginning at byte # 'start'.  It returns zero (0) upon  failure,
    1 otherwise.

### SEE ALSO

    write_file(3), read_bytes(3)