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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *
+ * distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  *
+ * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  *
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *
+ * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR    *
+ * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR    *
+ * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                               *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *
+ * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
+ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
+ * authorization.                                                           *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995               *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ *     and: Thomas E. Dickey                        1996-on                 *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ *	write_entry.c -- write a terminfo structure onto the file system
+ */
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+#include <hashed_db.h>
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include <tic.h>
+#include <term_entry.h>
+
+#ifndef S_ISDIR
+#define S_ISDIR(mode) ((mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
+#endif
+
+#if 1
+#define TRACE_OUT(p) DEBUG(2, p)
+#else
+#define TRACE_OUT(p)		/*nothing */
+#endif
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: write_entry.c,v 1.72 2008/08/03 19:24:00 tom Exp $")
+
+static int total_written;
+
+static int make_db_root(const char *);
+static int write_object(TERMTYPE *, char *, unsigned *, unsigned);
+
+#if !USE_HASHED_DB
+static void
+write_file(char *filename, TERMTYPE *tp)
+{
+    char buffer[MAX_ENTRY_SIZE];
+    unsigned limit = sizeof(buffer);
+    unsigned offset = 0;
+
+    FILE *fp = (_nc_access(filename, W_OK) == 0) ? fopen(filename, "wb") : 0;
+    if (fp == 0) {
+	perror(filename);
+	_nc_syserr_abort("can't open %s/%s", _nc_tic_dir(0), filename);
+    }
+    DEBUG(1, ("Created %s", filename));
+
+    if (write_object(tp, buffer, &offset, limit) == ERR
+	|| fwrite(buffer, sizeof(char), offset, fp) != offset) {
+	_nc_syserr_abort("error writing %s/%s", _nc_tic_dir(0), filename);
+    }
+
+    fclose(fp);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check for access rights to destination directories
+ * Create any directories which don't exist.
+ *
+ * Note:  there's no reason to return the result of make_db_root(), since
+ * this function is called only in instances where that has to succeed.
+ */
+static void
+check_writeable(int code)
+{
+    static const char dirnames[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
+    static bool verified[sizeof(dirnames)];
+
+    char dir[sizeof(LEAF_FMT)];
+    char *s = 0;
+
+    if (code == 0 || (s = strchr(dirnames, code)) == 0)
+	_nc_err_abort("Illegal terminfo subdirectory \"" LEAF_FMT "\"", code);
+
+    if (verified[s - dirnames])
+	return;
+
+    sprintf(dir, LEAF_FMT, code);
+    if (make_db_root(dir) < 0) {
+	_nc_err_abort("%s/%s: permission denied", _nc_tic_dir(0), dir);
+    }
+
+    verified[s - dirnames] = TRUE;
+}
+#endif /* !USE_HASHED_DB */
+
+static int
+make_db_path(char *dst, const char *src, unsigned limit)
+{
+    int rc = -1;
+    const char *top = _nc_tic_dir(0);
+
+    if (src == top || _nc_is_abs_path(src)) {
+	if (strlen(src) + 1 <= limit) {
+	    (void) strcpy(dst, src);
+	    rc = 0;
+	}
+    } else {
+	if (strlen(top) + strlen(src) + 2 <= limit) {
+	    (void) sprintf(dst, "%s/%s", top, src);
+	    rc = 0;
+	}
+    }
+#if USE_HASHED_DB
+    if (rc == 0) {
+	if (_nc_is_dir_path(dst)) {
+	    rc = -1;
+	} else {
+	    unsigned have = strlen(dst);
+	    if (have > 3 && strcmp(dst + have - 3, DBM_SUFFIX)) {
+		if (have + 3 <= limit)
+		    strcat(dst, DBM_SUFFIX);
+		else
+		    rc = -1;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+    return rc;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Make a database-root if it doesn't exist.
+ */
+static int
+make_db_root(const char *path)
+{
+    int rc;
+    char fullpath[PATH_MAX];
+
+    if ((rc = make_db_path(fullpath, path, sizeof(fullpath))) == 0) {
+#if USE_HASHED_DB
+	DB *capdbp;
+
+	if ((capdbp = _nc_db_open(fullpath, TRUE)) == NULL)
+	    rc = -1;
+	else if (_nc_db_close(capdbp) < 0)
+	    rc = -1;
+#else
+	struct stat statbuf;
+
+	if ((rc = stat(path, &statbuf)) < 0) {
+	    rc = mkdir(path, 0777);
+	} else if (_nc_access(path, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK) < 0) {
+	    rc = -1;		/* permission denied */
+	} else if (!(S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode))) {
+	    rc = -1;		/* not a directory */
+	}
+#endif
+    }
+    return rc;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the write directory for compiled entries.
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void)
+_nc_set_writedir(char *dir)
+{
+    const char *destination;
+    char actual[PATH_MAX];
+
+    if (dir == 0
+	&& use_terminfo_vars())
+	dir = getenv("TERMINFO");
+
+    if (dir != 0)
+	(void) _nc_tic_dir(dir);
+
+    destination = _nc_tic_dir(0);
+    if (make_db_root(destination) < 0) {
+	char *home = _nc_home_terminfo();
+
+	if (home != 0) {
+	    destination = home;
+	    if (make_db_root(destination) < 0)
+		_nc_err_abort("%s: permission denied (errno %d)",
+			      destination, errno);
+	}
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Note: because of this code, this logic should be exercised
+     * *once only* per run.
+     */
+#if USE_HASHED_DB
+    make_db_path(actual, destination, sizeof(actual));
+#else
+    if (chdir(_nc_tic_dir(destination)) < 0
+	|| getcwd(actual, sizeof(actual)) == 0)
+	_nc_err_abort("%s: not a directory", destination);
+#endif
+    _nc_keep_tic_dir(strdup(actual));
+}
+
+/*
+ *	Save the compiled version of a description in the filesystem.
+ *
+ *	make a copy of the name-list
+ *	break it up into first-name and all-but-last-name
+ *	creat(first-name)
+ *	write object information to first-name
+ *	close(first-name)
+ *      for each name in all-but-last-name
+ *	    link to first-name
+ *
+ *	Using 'time()' to obtain a reference for file timestamps is unreliable,
+ *	e.g., with NFS, because the filesystem may have a different time
+ *	reference.  We check for pre-existence of links by latching the first
+ *	timestamp from a file that we create.
+ *
+ *	The _nc_warning() calls will report a correct line number only if
+ *	_nc_curr_line is properly set before the write_entry() call.
+ */
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void)
+_nc_write_entry(TERMTYPE *const tp)
+{
+#if USE_HASHED_DB
+
+    char buffer[MAX_ENTRY_SIZE + 1];
+    unsigned limit = sizeof(buffer);
+    unsigned offset = 0;
+
+#else /* !USE_HASHED_DB */
+
+    struct stat statbuf;
+    char filename[PATH_MAX];
+    char linkname[PATH_MAX];
+#if USE_SYMLINKS
+    char symlinkname[PATH_MAX];
+#if !HAVE_LINK
+#undef HAVE_LINK
+#define HAVE_LINK 1
+#endif
+#endif /* USE_SYMLINKS */
+
+    static int call_count;
+    static time_t start_time;	/* time at start of writes */
+
+#endif /* USE_HASHED_DB */
+
+    char name_list[MAX_TERMINFO_LENGTH];
+    char *first_name, *other_names;
+    char *ptr;
+
+    assert(strlen(tp->term_names) != 0);
+    assert(strlen(tp->term_names) < sizeof(name_list));
+
+    (void) strcpy(name_list, tp->term_names);
+    DEBUG(7, ("Name list = '%s'", name_list));
+
+    first_name = name_list;
+
+    ptr = &name_list[strlen(name_list) - 1];
+    other_names = ptr + 1;
+
+    while (ptr > name_list && *ptr != '|')
+	ptr--;
+
+    if (ptr != name_list) {
+	*ptr = '\0';
+
+	for (ptr = name_list; *ptr != '\0' && *ptr != '|'; ptr++)
+	    continue;
+
+	if (*ptr == '\0')
+	    other_names = ptr;
+	else {
+	    *ptr = '\0';
+	    other_names = ptr + 1;
+	}
+    }
+
+    DEBUG(7, ("First name = '%s'", first_name));
+    DEBUG(7, ("Other names = '%s'", other_names));
+
+    _nc_set_type(first_name);
+
+#if USE_HASHED_DB
+    if (write_object(tp, buffer + 1, &offset, limit - 1) != ERR) {
+	DB *capdb = _nc_db_open(_nc_tic_dir(0), TRUE);
+	DBT key, data;
+
+	if (capdb != 0) {
+	    buffer[0] = 0;
+
+	    memset(&key, 0, sizeof(key));
+	    key.data = tp->term_names;
+	    key.size = strlen(tp->term_names);
+
+	    memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
+	    data.data = buffer;
+	    data.size = offset + 1;
+
+	    _nc_db_put(capdb, &key, &data);
+
+	    buffer[0] = 2;
+
+	    key.data = name_list;
+	    key.size = strlen(name_list);
+
+	    strcpy(buffer + 1, tp->term_names);
+	    data.size = strlen(tp->term_names) + 1;
+
+	    _nc_db_put(capdb, &key, &data);
+
+	    while (*other_names != '\0') {
+		ptr = other_names++;
+		while (*other_names != '|' && *other_names != '\0')
+		    other_names++;
+
+		if (*other_names != '\0')
+		    *(other_names++) = '\0';
+
+		key.data = ptr;
+		key.size = strlen(ptr);
+
+		_nc_db_put(capdb, &key, &data);
+	    }
+	    _nc_db_close(capdb);
+	}
+    }
+#else /* !USE_HASHED_DB */
+    if (call_count++ == 0) {
+	start_time = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (strlen(first_name) >= sizeof(filename) - 3)
+	_nc_warning("terminal name too long.");
+
+    sprintf(filename, LEAF_FMT "/%s", first_name[0], first_name);
+
+    /*
+     * Has this primary name been written since the first call to
+     * write_entry()?  If so, the newer write will step on the older,
+     * so warn the user.
+     */
+    if (start_time > 0 &&
+	stat(filename, &statbuf) >= 0
+	&& statbuf.st_mtime >= start_time) {
+	_nc_warning("name multiply defined.");
+    }
+
+    check_writeable(first_name[0]);
+    write_file(filename, tp);
+
+    if (start_time == 0) {
+	if (stat(filename, &statbuf) < 0
+	    || (start_time = statbuf.st_mtime) == 0) {
+	    _nc_syserr_abort("error obtaining time from %s/%s",
+			     _nc_tic_dir(0), filename);
+	}
+    }
+    while (*other_names != '\0') {
+	ptr = other_names++;
+	assert(ptr < buffer + sizeof(buffer) - 1);
+	while (*other_names != '|' && *other_names != '\0')
+	    other_names++;
+
+	if (*other_names != '\0')
+	    *(other_names++) = '\0';
+
+	if (strlen(ptr) > sizeof(linkname) - 3) {
+	    _nc_warning("terminal alias %s too long.", ptr);
+	    continue;
+	}
+	if (strchr(ptr, '/') != 0) {
+	    _nc_warning("cannot link alias %s.", ptr);
+	    continue;
+	}
+
+	check_writeable(ptr[0]);
+	sprintf(linkname, LEAF_FMT "/%s", ptr[0], ptr);
+
+	if (strcmp(filename, linkname) == 0) {
+	    _nc_warning("self-synonym ignored");
+	} else if (stat(linkname, &statbuf) >= 0 &&
+		   statbuf.st_mtime < start_time) {
+	    _nc_warning("alias %s multiply defined.", ptr);
+	} else if (_nc_access(linkname, W_OK) == 0)
+#if HAVE_LINK
+	{
+	    int code;
+#if USE_SYMLINKS
+	    strcpy(symlinkname, "../");
+	    strncat(symlinkname, filename, sizeof(symlinkname) - 4);
+	    symlinkname[sizeof(symlinkname) - 1] = '\0';
+#endif /* USE_SYMLINKS */
+#if HAVE_REMOVE
+	    code = remove(linkname);
+#else
+	    code = unlink(linkname);
+#endif
+	    if (code != 0 && errno == ENOENT)
+		code = 0;
+#if USE_SYMLINKS
+	    if (symlink(symlinkname, linkname) < 0)
+#else
+	    if (link(filename, linkname) < 0)
+#endif /* USE_SYMLINKS */
+	    {
+		/*
+		 * If there wasn't anything there, and we cannot
+		 * link to the target because it is the same as the
+		 * target, then the source must be on a filesystem
+		 * that uses caseless filenames, such as Win32, etc.
+		 */
+		if (code == 0 && errno == EEXIST)
+		    _nc_warning("can't link %s to %s", filename, linkname);
+		else if (code == 0 && (errno == EPERM || errno == ENOENT))
+		    write_file(linkname, tp);
+		else {
+#if MIXEDCASE_FILENAMES
+		    _nc_syserr_abort("can't link %s to %s", filename, linkname);
+#else
+		    _nc_warning("can't link %s to %s (errno=%d)", filename,
+				linkname, errno);
+#endif
+		}
+	    } else {
+		DEBUG(1, ("Linked %s", linkname));
+	    }
+	}
+#else /* just make copies */
+	    write_file(linkname, tp);
+#endif /* HAVE_LINK */
+    }
+#endif /* USE_HASHED_DB */
+}
+
+static unsigned
+fake_write(char *dst,
+	   unsigned *offset,
+	   unsigned limit,
+	   char *src,
+	   unsigned want,
+	   unsigned size)
+{
+    int have = (limit - *offset);
+
+    want *= size;
+    if (have > 0) {
+	if ((int) want > have)
+	    want = have;
+	memcpy(dst + *offset, src, want);
+	*offset += want;
+    } else {
+	want = 0;
+    }
+    return (int) (want / size);
+}
+
+#define Write(buf, size, count) fake_write(buffer, offset, limit, (char *) buf, count, size)
+
+#undef LITTLE_ENDIAN		/* BSD/OS defines this as a feature macro */
+#define HI(x)			((x) / 256)
+#define LO(x)			((x) % 256)
+#define LITTLE_ENDIAN(p, x)	(p)[0] = LO(x), (p)[1] = HI(x)
+
+#define WRITE_STRING(str) (Write(str, sizeof(char), strlen(str) + 1) == strlen(str) + 1)
+
+static int
+compute_offsets(char **Strings, unsigned strmax, short *offsets)
+{
+    size_t nextfree = 0;
+    unsigned i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < strmax; i++) {
+	if (Strings[i] == ABSENT_STRING) {
+	    offsets[i] = -1;
+	} else if (Strings[i] == CANCELLED_STRING) {
+	    offsets[i] = -2;
+	} else {
+	    offsets[i] = nextfree;
+	    nextfree += strlen(Strings[i]) + 1;
+	    TRACE_OUT(("put Strings[%d]=%s(%d)", (int) i,
+		       _nc_visbuf(Strings[i]), (int) nextfree));
+	}
+    }
+    return nextfree;
+}
+
+static void
+convert_shorts(unsigned char *buf, short *Numbers, unsigned count)
+{
+    unsigned i;
+    for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+	if (Numbers[i] == ABSENT_NUMERIC) {	/* HI/LO won't work */
+	    buf[2 * i] = buf[2 * i + 1] = 0377;
+	} else if (Numbers[i] == CANCELLED_NUMERIC) {	/* HI/LO won't work */
+	    buf[2 * i] = 0376;
+	    buf[2 * i + 1] = 0377;
+	} else {
+	    LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 2 * i, Numbers[i]);
+	    TRACE_OUT(("put Numbers[%d]=%d", i, Numbers[i]));
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+#define even_boundary(value) \
+	    ((value) % 2 != 0 && Write(&zero, sizeof(char), 1) != 1)
+
+#if NCURSES_XNAMES
+static unsigned
+extended_Booleans(TERMTYPE *tp)
+{
+    unsigned short result = 0;
+    unsigned short i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < tp->ext_Booleans; ++i) {
+	if (tp->Booleans[BOOLCOUNT + i] == TRUE)
+	    result = (i + 1);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+static unsigned
+extended_Numbers(TERMTYPE *tp)
+{
+    unsigned short result = 0;
+    unsigned short i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < tp->ext_Numbers; ++i) {
+	if (tp->Numbers[NUMCOUNT + i] != ABSENT_NUMERIC)
+	    result = (i + 1);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+static unsigned
+extended_Strings(TERMTYPE *tp)
+{
+    unsigned short result = 0;
+    unsigned short i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < tp->ext_Strings; ++i) {
+	if (tp->Strings[STRCOUNT + i] != ABSENT_STRING)
+	    result = (i + 1);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * _nc_align_termtype() will extend entries that are referenced in a use=
+ * clause - discard the unneeded data.
+ */
+static bool
+extended_object(TERMTYPE *tp)
+{
+    bool result = FALSE;
+
+    if (_nc_user_definable) {
+	result = ((extended_Booleans(tp)
+		   + extended_Numbers(tp)
+		   + extended_Strings(tp)) != 0);
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int
+write_object(TERMTYPE *tp, char *buffer, unsigned *offset, unsigned limit)
+{
+    char *namelist;
+    size_t namelen, boolmax, nummax, strmax;
+    char zero = '\0';
+    size_t i;
+    short nextfree;
+    short offsets[MAX_ENTRY_SIZE / 2];
+    unsigned char buf[MAX_ENTRY_SIZE];
+    unsigned last_bool = BOOLWRITE;
+    unsigned last_num = NUMWRITE;
+    unsigned last_str = STRWRITE;
+
+#if NCURSES_XNAMES
+    /*
+     * Normally we limit the list of values to exclude the "obsolete"
+     * capabilities.  However, if we are accepting extended names, add
+     * these as well, since they are used for supporting translation
+     * to/from termcap.
+     */
+    if (_nc_user_definable) {
+	last_bool = BOOLCOUNT;
+	last_num = NUMCOUNT;
+	last_str = STRCOUNT;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    namelist = tp->term_names;
+    namelen = strlen(namelist) + 1;
+
+    boolmax = 0;
+    for (i = 0; i < last_bool; i++) {
+	if (tp->Booleans[i] == TRUE)
+	    boolmax = i + 1;
+    }
+
+    nummax = 0;
+    for (i = 0; i < last_num; i++) {
+	if (tp->Numbers[i] != ABSENT_NUMERIC)
+	    nummax = i + 1;
+    }
+
+    strmax = 0;
+    for (i = 0; i < last_str; i++) {
+	if (tp->Strings[i] != ABSENT_STRING)
+	    strmax = i + 1;
+    }
+
+    nextfree = compute_offsets(tp->Strings, strmax, offsets);
+
+    /* fill in the header */
+    LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf, MAGIC);
+    LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 2, min(namelen, MAX_NAME_SIZE + 1));
+    LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 4, boolmax);
+    LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 6, nummax);
+    LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 8, strmax);
+    LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 10, nextfree);
+
+    /* write out the header */
+    TRACE_OUT(("Header of %s @%d", namelist, *offset));
+    if (Write(buf, 12, 1) != 1
+	|| Write(namelist, sizeof(char), namelen) != namelen)
+	  return (ERR);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < boolmax; i++)
+	if (tp->Booleans[i] == TRUE)
+	    buf[i] = TRUE;
+	else
+	    buf[i] = FALSE;
+    if (Write(buf, sizeof(char), boolmax) != boolmax)
+	  return (ERR);
+
+    if (even_boundary(namelen + boolmax))
+	return (ERR);
+
+    TRACE_OUT(("Numerics begin at %04x", *offset));
+
+    /* the numerics */
+    convert_shorts(buf, tp->Numbers, nummax);
+    if (Write(buf, 2, nummax) != nummax)
+	return (ERR);
+
+    TRACE_OUT(("String offsets begin at %04x", *offset));
+
+    /* the string offsets */
+    convert_shorts(buf, offsets, strmax);
+    if (Write(buf, 2, strmax) != strmax)
+	return (ERR);
+
+    TRACE_OUT(("String table begins at %04x", *offset));
+
+    /* the strings */
+    for (i = 0; i < strmax; i++)
+	if (VALID_STRING(tp->Strings[i]))
+	    if (!WRITE_STRING(tp->Strings[i]))
+		return (ERR);
+
+#if NCURSES_XNAMES
+    if (extended_object(tp)) {
+	unsigned extcnt = NUM_EXT_NAMES(tp);
+
+	if (even_boundary(nextfree))
+	    return (ERR);
+
+	nextfree = compute_offsets(tp->Strings + STRCOUNT,
+				   tp->ext_Strings,
+				   offsets);
+	TRACE_OUT(("after extended string capabilities, nextfree=%d", nextfree));
+
+	if (tp->ext_Strings >= SIZEOF(offsets))
+	    return (ERR);
+
+	nextfree += compute_offsets(tp->ext_Names,
+				    extcnt,
+				    offsets + tp->ext_Strings);
+	TRACE_OUT(("after extended capnames, nextfree=%d", nextfree));
+	strmax = tp->ext_Strings + extcnt;
+
+	/*
+	 * Write the extended header
+	 */
+	LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 0, tp->ext_Booleans);
+	LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 2, tp->ext_Numbers);
+	LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 4, tp->ext_Strings);
+	LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 6, strmax);
+	LITTLE_ENDIAN(buf + 8, nextfree);
+	TRACE_OUT(("WRITE extended-header @%d", *offset));
+	if (Write(buf, 10, 1) != 1)
+	    return (ERR);
+
+	TRACE_OUT(("WRITE %d booleans @%d", tp->ext_Booleans, *offset));
+	if (tp->ext_Booleans
+	    && Write(tp->Booleans + BOOLCOUNT, sizeof(char),
+		     tp->ext_Booleans) != tp->ext_Booleans)
+	      return (ERR);
+
+	if (even_boundary(tp->ext_Booleans))
+	    return (ERR);
+
+	TRACE_OUT(("WRITE %d numbers @%d", tp->ext_Numbers, *offset));
+	if (tp->ext_Numbers) {
+	    convert_shorts(buf, tp->Numbers + NUMCOUNT, tp->ext_Numbers);
+	    if (Write(buf, 2, tp->ext_Numbers) != tp->ext_Numbers)
+		return (ERR);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Convert the offsets for the ext_Strings and ext_Names tables,
+	 * in that order.
+	 */
+	convert_shorts(buf, offsets, strmax);
+	TRACE_OUT(("WRITE offsets @%d", *offset));
+	if (Write(buf, 2, strmax) != strmax)
+	    return (ERR);
+
+	/*
+	 * Write the string table after the offset tables so we do not
+	 * have to do anything about alignment.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < tp->ext_Strings; i++) {
+	    if (VALID_STRING(tp->Strings[i + STRCOUNT])) {
+		TRACE_OUT(("WRITE ext_Strings[%d]=%s", (int) i,
+			   _nc_visbuf(tp->Strings[i + STRCOUNT])));
+		if (!WRITE_STRING(tp->Strings[i + STRCOUNT]))
+		    return (ERR);
+	    }
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Write the extended names
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < extcnt; i++) {
+	    TRACE_OUT(("WRITE ext_Names[%d]=%s", (int) i, tp->ext_Names[i]));
+	    if (!WRITE_STRING(tp->ext_Names[i]))
+		return (ERR);
+	}
+
+    }
+#endif /* NCURSES_XNAMES */
+
+    total_written++;
+    return (OK);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns the total number of entries written by this process
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+_nc_tic_written(void)
+{
+    return total_written;
+}