write_sysfs_string(9)

💖 write_sysfs_string(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for write_sysfs_string, and it is literally here to write string to a sysfs file. no cap. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

write_sysfs_string — write string to a sysfs file 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int write_sysfs_string (const char *filename , const char *basedir ,
       const char *val );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• filename — name of file to write to 🍓
• basedir — the sysfs directory in which the file is to be found 🦋
• val — the string to write 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

vibe check: it returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise you get a negative error code 😭. that's the whole description, bestie — short and iconic. periodt. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the Kernel file is ./tools/iio/iio_utils.c, and these are the see-also besties:

• iioutils_break_up_name(9)
• iioutils_get_type(9)
• iioutils_get_param_float(9)
• bsort_channel_array_by_index(9)
• build_channel_array(9)
• find_type_by_name(9)
• write_sysfs_int(9)
• write_sysfs_int_and_verify(9)
• write_sysfs_string_and_verify(9)
• read_sysfs_posint(9)
• read_sysfs_float(9)
• read_sysfs_string(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./tools/iio, date: October 2026. iconic. 🫶💖🎀