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may write fewer bytes than requested;
the return value must be noted,
and the remainder of the operation should be retried when possible.
-.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
-In the non-threaded library
-.Fn write
-is implemented as the
-.Va write
-syscall.
-.Pp
-In the threaded library, the
-.Va write
-syscall is assembled to
-.Fn _thread_sys_write
-and
-.Fn write
-is implemented as a function which locks
-.Fa d
-for read and write, then calls
-.Fn _thread_sys_write .
-If the call to
-.Fn _thread_sys_write
-would block, a context switch is performed.
-Before returning,
-.Fn write
-unlocks
-.Fa d .
-.Pp
-In the non-threaded library
-.Fn writev
-is implemented as the
-.Va writev
-syscall.
-.Pp
-In the threaded library, the
-.Va writev
-syscall is assembled to
-.Fn _thread_sys_writev
-and
-.Fn writev
-is implemented as a function which locks
-.Fa d
-for read and write, then calls
-.Fn _thread_sys_writev .
-If the call to
-.Fn _thread_sys_writev
-would block, a context switch is performed.
-Before returning,
-.Fn writev
-unlocks
-.Fa d .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion the number of bytes which were written
is returned. Otherwise a -1 is returned and the global variable
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