Purpose
DosWrite writes a specified number of bytes from a buffer to the specified disk
Syntax
#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR #include os2.h>
APIRET DosWrite
Parameters
hFile (HFILE) input
Returns
ulrc (APIRET) returns
DosWrite returns one of the following values
19
Remarks
DosWrite begins writing at the current file pointer position. The file pointer is updated to where the write completed.
If there is not enough space on the disk or diskette to write all of the bytes specified by cbWrite, the DosWrite does not write any bytes. An error is returned and pcbActual is set to zero.
Using the raw file system on logical partitions requires you to lock and unlock the volume using the DosDevIOCtl Category 8, DSK_LOCKDRIVE and DSK_UNLOCKDRIVE. Writes will not succeed until the logical drive is locked.
The raw file system requires that the number of bytes written be a multiple of the sector size (512).
Related Functions
Example Code
The following is NOT a complete usable program. It is simply intended to provide an idea of how to use Raw I/O File System APIs (e.g. DosOpen, DosRead, DosWrite, DosSetFilePtr, and DosClose).
This example opens physical disk #1 for reading and physical disk #2 for writing. DosSetFilePtr is used to set the pointer to the beginning of the disks. Using DosRead and DosWrite, 10 megabytes of data is transferred from disk #1 to disk #2. Finally, DosClosed is issued to close the disk handles.
It is assumed that the size of each of the two disks is at least 10 megabytes.
#define INCL_DOSFILEMGR /* Include File Manager APIs */#define INCL_DOSMEMMGR /* Includes Memory Management APIs */
#define INCL_DOSERRORS /* DOS Error values */
#include os2.h>
#include stdio.h>
#include string.h>
#define SIXTY_FOUR_K 0x10000
#define ONE_MEG 0x100000
#define TEN_MEG 10*ONE_MEG
#define UNC_DISK1 "\\\\.\\Physical_Disk1"
#define UNC_DISK2 "\\\\.\\Physical_Disk2"
int main(void) {
HFILE hfDisk1 = 0; /* Handle for disk #1 */
HFILE hfDisk2 = 0; /* Handle for disk #2 */
ULONG ulAction = 0; /* Action taken by DosOpen */
ULONG cbRead = 0; /* Bytes to read */
ULONG cbActualRead = 0; /* Bytes read by DosRead */
ULONG cbWrite = 0; /* Bytes to write */
ULONG ulLocation = 0;
ULONG cbActualWrote = 0; /* Bytes written by DosWrite */
UCHAR uchFileName1[20] = UNC_DISK1, /* UNC Name of disk 1 */
uchFileName2[20] = UNC_DISK2; /* UNC Name of disk 2 */
PBYTE pBuffer = 0;
ULONG cbTotal = 0;
APIRET rc = NO_ERROR; /* Return code */
/* Open a raw file system disk #1 for reading */
rc = DosOpen(uchFileName1, /* File name */
hfDisk1, /* File handle */
ulAction, /* Action taken by DosOpen */
0L, /* no file size */
FILE_NORMAL, /* File attribute */
OPEN_ACTION_OPEN_IF_EXISTS, /* Open existing disk */
OPEN_SHARE_DENYNONE | /* Access mode */
OPEN_ACCESS_READONLY,
0L); /* No extented attributes */
if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
printf("DosOpen error rc = %u\n", rc);
return(1);
} /* endif */
/* Set the pointer to the begining of the disk */
rc = DosSetFilePtr(hfDisk1, /* Handle for disk 1 */
0L, /* Offset must be multiple of 512 */
FILE_BEGIN, /* Begin of the disk */
ulLocation); /* New pointer location */
if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
printf("DosSetFilePtr error rc = %u\n", rc);
return(1);
} /* endif */
/* Open a raw file system disk #2 for writing */
rc = DosOpen(uchFileName2, /* File name */
hfDisk2, /* File handle */
ulAction, /* Action taken by DosOpen */
0L, /* no file size */
FILE_NORMAL, /* File attribute */
OPEN_ACTION_OPEN_IF_EXISTS, /* Open existing disk */
OPEN_SHARE_DENYNONE | /* Access mode */
OPEN_ACCESS_READWRITE,
0L); /* No extented attributes */
if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
printf("DosOpen error rc = %u\n", rc);
return(1);
} /* endif */
/* Set the pointer to the begining of the disk */
rc = DosSetFilePtr(hfDisk2, /* Handle for disk 1 */
0L, /* Offset must be multiple of 512 */
FILE_BEGIN, /* Begin of the disk */
ulLocation); /* New pointer location */
if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
printf("DosSetFilePtr error rc = %u\n", rc);
return(1);
} /* endif */
/* Allocate 64K of memory for transfer operations */
rc = DosAllocMem((PPVOID) pBuffer, /* Pointer to buffer */
SIXTY_FOUR_K, /* Buffer size */
PAG_COMMIT | /* Allocation flags */
PAG_READ |
PAG_WRITE);
if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
printf("DosAllocMem error rc = %u\n", rc);
return(1);
} /* endif */
cbRead = SIXTY_FOUR_K;
while (rc == NO_ERROR cbTotal TEN_MEG) {
/* Read from #1 */
rc = DosRead(hfDisk1, /* Handle for disk 1 */
pBuffer, /* Pointer to buffer */
cbRead, /* Size must be multiple of 512 */
cbActualRead); /* Actual read by DosOpen */
if (rc) {
printf("DosRead error return code = %u\n", rc);
return 1;
}
/* Write to disk #2 */
cbWrite = cbActualRead;
rc = DosWrite(hfDisk2, /* Handle for disk 2 */
pBuffer, /* Pointer to buffer */
cbWrite, /* Size must be multiple of 512 */
cbActualWrote); /* Actual written by DosOpen */
if (rc) {
printf("DosWrite error return code = %u\n", rc);
return 1;
}
if (cbActualRead != cbActualWrote) {
printf("Bytes read (%u) does not equal bytes written (%u)\n",
cbActualRead, cbActualWrote);
return 1;
}
cbTotal += cbActualRead; /* Update total transferred */
}
printf("Transfer successfully %d bytes from disk #1 to disk #2.\n",
cbTotal);
/* Free allocated memmory */
rc = DosFreeMem(pBuffer);
if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
printf("DosFreeMem error return code = %u\n", rc);
return 1;
}
rc = DosClose(hfDisk1);
if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
printf("DosClose error return code = %u\n", rc);
return 1;
}
rc = DosClose(hfDisk2);
if (rc != NO_ERROR) {
printf("DosClose error return code = %u\n", rc);
return 1;
}
return NO_ERROR;
}