ing to the network. </p><dl class="params"><dt>Parameters</dt><dd>
  <table class="params">
    <tr><td class="paramname">pptr</td><td>pointer to the buffer - move the pointer as we add data </td></tr>
    <tr><td class="paramname">properties</td><td>pointer to the property list, can be NULL </td></tr>
  </table>
  </dd>
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<dl class="section return"><dt>Returns</dt><dd>whether the write succeeded or not: number of bytes written, or &lt; 0 on failure. </dd></dl>

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