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<p>an unsigned value; it returns -1 if an error occurs so it must return a signed value.<br>The write function returns the number of bytes successfully written into the file, which may at times be less than the specified <b>nbytes</b>. It returns -1 if an exceptional condition is encountered, see section on errors below.</br></p>

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<p>Historically, <a href="page.php?w=Linux_kernel">Linux</a> would use different system call tables for different architectures. <code>write</code> has the call number <b>1</b> on <a href="page.php?w=x86-64">x86-64</a>,</p><p>
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