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# PetscBinaryWrite
Writes to a binary file. 
## Synopsis
```
PetscErrorCode PetscBinaryWrite(int fd, const void *p, PetscInt n, PetscDataType type)
```
Not Collective


## Input Parameters

- ***fd     -*** the file
- ***p      -*** the buffer, an array of the type that matches the value in `type`
- ***n      -*** the number of items to write
- ***type   -*** the type of items to read (`PETSC_INT`, `PETSC_REAL` or `PETSC_SCALAR`)





## Notes
`PetscBinaryWrite()` uses byte swapping to work on all machines; the files
are written using big-endian ordering to the file. On little-endian machines the numbers
are converted to the big-endian format when they are written to disk.
When PETSc is configured using `./configure with --with-64-bit-indices` the integers are written to the
file as 64-bit integers, this means they can only be read back in when the option `--with-64-bit-indices`
is used.

If running with `__float128` precision the output of `PETSC_REAL` is in `__float128` unless one uses the `-binary_write_double` option

The buffer `p` should be read-write buffer, and not static data.
This way, byte-swapping is done in-place, and then the buffer is
written to the file.

This routine restores the original contents of the buffer, after
it is written to the file. This is done by byte-swapping in-place
the second time.

Because byte-swapping may be done on the values in data it cannot be declared const


## See Also
 `PetscBinaryRead()`, `PetscBinaryOpen()`, `PetscBinaryClose()`, `PetscViewerBinaryGetDescriptor()`, `PetscBinarySynchronizedWrite()`,
`PetscBinarySynchronizedRead()`, `PetscBinarySynchronizedSeek()`

## Level
advanced

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/sys/fileio/sysio.c.html#PetscBinaryWrite">src/sys/fileio/sysio.c</A>

## Examples
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex6.c.html">src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex6.c</A><BR>
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex6f.F90.html">src/vec/vec/tutorials/ex6f.F90</A><BR>


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