(File):setBuffer

Sets the buffer mode for a file opened for writing or appending. Files with buffering enabled will not write data to the disk until the buffer size limit is reached, depending on the buffer mode.

File:flush will force any buffered data to be written to the disk.

Function

Synopsis

success, errorstr = File:setBuffer( mode, size )

Arguments

BufferMode mode

The buffer mode to use.

number size (0)

The maximum size in bytes of the file's buffer.

Returns

boolean success

Whether the buffer mode was successfully set.

string errorstr (nil)

The error string, if the buffer mode could not be set and an error occurred.

See Also

• File
• File:getBuffer
• File:write
• File:flush