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authorGravatar Colin McDonnell <colinmcd94@gmail.com> 2023-07-26 14:59:39 -0700
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+---
+name: Write a string to a file
+---
+
+This code snippet writes a string to disk at a particular _absolute path_.
+
+It uses the fast [`Bun.write()`](/docs/api/file-io#writing-files-bun-write) API to efficiently write data to disk. The first argument is a _destination_; the second is the _data_ to write.
+
+```ts
+const path = "/path/to/file.txt";
+await Bun.write(path, "Lorem ipsum");
+```
+
+---
+
+Any relative paths will be resolved relative to the project root (the nearest directory containing a `package.json` file).
+
+```ts
+const path = "./file.txt";
+await Bun.write(path, "Lorem ipsum");
+```
+
+---
+
+You can pass a `BunFile` as the destination. `Bun.write()` will write the data to its associated path.
+
+```ts
+const path = Bun.file("./file.txt");
+await Bun.write(path, "Lorem ipsum");
+```
+
+---
+
+`Bun.write()` returns the number of bytes written to disk.
+
+```ts
+const path = "./file.txt";
+const bytes = await Bun.write(path, "Lorem ipsum");
+// => 11
+```
+
+---
+
+See [Docs > API > File I/O](/docs/api/file-io#writing-files-bun-write) for complete documentation of `Bun.write()`.