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string other than the beginning. A negative OFFSET specifies writing
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that many characters counting backwards from the end of the string.
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In the case the SCALAR is empty you can use OFFSET but only zero offset.</p>
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characters are written instead of bytes (the LENGTH, OFFSET, and the
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return value of syswrite() are in UTF-8 encoded Unicode characters).
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The <code class="inline"><span class="j">:</span><span class="i">encoding</span><span class="s">(</span>...<span class="s">)</span></code>
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See <a href="binmode.html">binmode</a>, <a href="open.html">open</a>, and the <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="../functions/open.html">open</a></code> pragma, <a href="../open.html">open</a>.</p>
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See <a href="#binmode">"binmode"</a>, <a href="#open">"open"</a>, and the <code class="inline"><a class="l_k" href="../functions/open.html">open</a></code> pragma, <a href="../open.html">open</a>.</p>