extract_write()

Purpose

Writes a record to the extract file

Old name

#define write_extract extract_write

Syntax

void extract_write(data)

Parameters

short* data

Pointer to the L field of the extract record to write

Description

The functions extract_write() writes an extract record to the extract file.

The definition of the extract record is normally generated by LIBMAKE. The L field of the extract record should be passed to the function extract_write() as the parameter data.

See the function extract_open() for details of how to use the extract facility.

See also

extract_open(), extract_sort(), extract_close()

Example

See the example given in extract_open()