1.\" 2.\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the 3.\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. 4.\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version 5.\" 1.0 of the CDDL. 6.\" 7.\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this 8.\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at 9.\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. 10.\" 11.\" 12.\" Copyright 2015 Joyent, Inc. 13.\" 14.Dd May 11, 2016 15.Dt PWRITE 3PROC 16.Os 17.Sh NAME 18.Nm Pwrite 19.Nd write data to the address space of a process 20.Sh SYNOPSIS 21.Lb libproc 22.In libproc.h 23.Ft ssize_t 24.Fo Pwrite 25.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P" 26.Fa "const void *buf" 27.Fa "size_t nbyte" 28.Fa "uintptr_t address" 29.Fc 30.Sh DESCRIPTION 31The 32.Fn Pwrite 33function writes data from 34.Fa buf 35to the the process handle 36.Fa P 37starting at the address 38.Fa address . 39It writes at most 40.Fa nbyte 41of data. The 42.Fn Pwrite 43function is logically analogous to the 44.Xr pwrite 2 45function. 46.Pp 47For live processes, this function is equivalent to writing to the 48/proc file system 49.Sy as 50file for the process. For core files, it writes to the logical address 51space of what was once the process and not the corresponding offset in 52the on-disk file. ELF objects grabbed through 53.Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC 54do not support being written to. 55.Pp 56The 57.Fn Pwrite 58function cannot be used to 59.Em extend 60the size of a mapping; writing to an unmapped region generates an 61error. 62.Sh RETURN VALUES 63Upon successful completion, the 64.Fn Pwrite 65function returns the number of bytes successfully written to 66.Fa P . 67This number is never greater than 68.Fa nbyte . 69Otherwise, it returns 70.Sy -1 71and 72.Sy errno 73is set to indicate an error. For the full list of errors see the 74.Sy DIAGNOSTICS 75section in 76.Xr proc 4 77and 78the 79.Sy ERRORS 80section in 81.Xr pwrite 2 . 82.Pp 83In addition, the 84.Fn Pwrite 85function will fail if: 86.Bl -tag -width Er 87.It Er EIO 88.Fa P 89refers to an ELF object and not a core file or active process. 90.El 91.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY 92.Sy Uncommitted 93.Sh MT-LEVEL 94See 95.Sy LOCKING 96in 97.Xr libproc 3LIB . 98.Sh SEE ALSO 99.Xr pwrite 2 , 100.Xr libproc 3LIB , 101.Xr proc 4 102