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<h1>fcb_append<a class="headerlink" href="#fcb-append" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">int fcb_append(struct fcb *fcb, uint16_t len, struct fcb_entry *append_loc);</span>
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<p>Start writing a new element to flash. This routine reserves the space in
the flash by writing out the element header.</p>
<p>When writing the contents for the entry, use append_loc-&gt;fl_area and
append_loc-&gt;fl_data_off as arguments to flash_area_write(). When
finished, call fcb_append_finish() with append_loc as argument.</p>
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<h2>Arguments<a class="headerlink" href="#arguments" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<tr class="row-even"><td><p>fcb</p></td>
<td><p>Points to FCB
where data is
written to.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p>len</p></td>
<td><p>Number of
bytes to
reserve for
the element.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>loc</p></td>
<td><p>Pointer to
fcb_entry.
fcb_append()
will fill this
with info
about where
the element
can be written
to.</p></td>
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<h2>Returned values<a class="headerlink" href="#returned-values" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Returns 0 on success; nonzero on failure. FCB_ERR_NOSPACE is returned
if FCB is full.</p>
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<h2>Notes<a class="headerlink" href="#notes" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>If FCB is full, you need to make more space. This can be done by calling
fcb_rotate(). Or if you’ve reserved scratch sectors, you can take those
into use by calling fcb_append_to_scratch().</p>
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