#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include "definitions.h"
#include "rs232.h"

int rs232_putline(int file_descriptor, char *buffer) {
  int status;
  size_t length;
  
  length = strlen(buffer);

  status = write(file_descriptor, buffer, length);

  if (status == -1) {
    fprintf(stderr,
	    "*ERROR* failed to write to file descriptor %d!\n",
	    file_descriptor);
    fflush(stderr);
    return FAILURE;
  }
  
  return SUCCESS;
} /* function rs232_putline() */