NAME

putlin - output a line onto a given file


SYNOPSIS

call putlin (line, fd)


character line(ARB)
filedes fd



DESCRIPTION

Putlin writes the characters in "line" to the file opened on
file descriptor "fd".
If a NEWLINE character is located, appropriate action is
taken to indicate the end-of-record in whatever format
is necessary for the local operating system.
If no NEWLINE character is specified, no carriage return (or
end-of-record) is assumed.
This probably means that the output buffer will not be flushed.

Any necessary character translation is done if the output file
is not of ascii type.


IMPLEMENTATION

Putlin should write the line onto the file and, if a NEWLINE
is encountered,
do whatever is necessary to indicate to the local operating
system that a record has been generated.
If the output file is to contain characters in a representation
other than
ascii, the characters are mapped (via
outmap)
into their proper representation.

Putlin
and
putch
are compatible;
that is, interspersed calls to
putlin
and
putch
are allowed and work properly.
A common implementation is to have
putlin
call
putch
until an EOS marker is found.


SEE ALSO

putch, prompt, remark, getch, getlin


DIAGNOSTICS

None