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NAME

       muroar_write - Write data to a stream in a portable way

SYNOPSIS

       #include <muroar.h>

       ssize_t muroar_write  (int fh, const void * buf, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION

       This  function writes a block of data to a connected stream.  It exists
       to have a portable way to send the data to the sound server  that  does
       not depend on the underlying operating system.

PARAMETERS

       fh     The  stream  file  handle connected to the server.  This must be
              opend using muroar_stream(3).

       buf    A pointer to the block of data that should be written.

       len    The total length in byte of the data that should be written.

RETURN VALUE

       On success this call return the number of successful written bytes.  On
       error, -1 is returned.

NOTES

       This  function  calls the underlying write function in a loop.  If this
       returns less than the given length you should not re-try  directly  but
       wait at least some milisecunds.

HISTORY

       This function first appeared in muRoar version 0.1beta0.

SEE ALSO

       write(2),     muroar_read(3),     muroar_stream(3),    muroar_close(3),
       RoarAudio(7).