#include #include #include #include #include #include #include int main(void) { struct iovec iov[3]; char *buf[] = {"The term buccaneer comes from the word boucan.\n", "A boucan is a wooden frame used for cooking meet.\n", "Buccaneer is the West Indies name for a pirate.\n"}; int fd = open("buccaneer.txt", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC); if (fd == -1) { perror("open"); return 1; } // fill out three iovec structures for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { iov[i].iov_base = buf[i]; iov[i].iov_len = strlen(buf[i]) + 1; } // with a single call, write them all out ssize_t nr = writev(fd, iov, 3); if (nr == -1) { perror("writev"); return 1; } printf("wrote %lu bytes\n", nr); if (close(fd)) { perror("close"); return 1; } return 0; }