+ ("pwrite", (RInt "nbytes", [Pathname "path"; BufferIn "content"; Int64 "offset"]), 247, [ProtocolLimitWarning],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["pwrite"; "/new"; "data"; "4"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new data contents");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["pwrite"; "/new"; "is extended"; "9"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file is extended");
+ InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutput (
+ [["write"; "/new"; "new file contents"];
+ ["pwrite"; "/new"; ""; "4"];
+ ["cat"; "/new"]], "new file contents")],
+ "write to part of a file",
+ "\
+This command writes to part of a file. It writes the data
+buffer C<content> to the file C<path> starting at offset C<offset>.
+
+This command implements the L<pwrite(2)> system call, and like
+that system call it may not write the full data requested. The
+return value is the number of bytes that were actually written
+to the file. This could even be 0, although short writes are
+unlikely for regular files in ordinary circumstances.
+
+See also C<guestfs_pread>.");
+