The f_printf function writes formatted string to the file.
int f_printf ( FIL* fp, /* [IN] File object */ const TCHAR* fmt, /* [IN] Format stirng */ ... );
When the function succeeded, it returns number of characters written. If the function could not write the generated string to the file due to disk full or an error, EOF (-1) will be returned.
The format control directive is a sub-set of standard library shown as follos:
This is a wrapper function of f_write function. Available when FF_FS_READONLY == 0 and FF_USE_STRFUNC is 1 or 2. When it is set to 2, '\n's contained in the output are converted to '\r'+'\n'.
When FatFs is configured to Unicode API (FF_LFN_UNICODE == 1), data types on the srting fuctions, f_putc, f_puts, f_printf and f_gets function, is also switched to Unicode. The character encoding on the file to be read/written via those functions is selected by FF_STRF_ENCODE option.
    f_printf(&fil, "%d", 1234);            /* "1234" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%6d,%3d%%", -200, 5);  /* "  -200,  5%" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%ld", 12345L);         /* "12345" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%06d", 25);            /* "000025" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%06d", -25);           /* "000-25" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%-6d", 25);            /* "25    " */
    f_printf(&fil, "%u", -1);              /* "65535" or "4294967295" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%04x", 0xAB3);         /* "0ab3" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%08LX", 0x123ABCL);    /* "00123ABC" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%016b", 0x550F);       /* "0101010100001111" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%s", "String");        /* "String" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%8s", "abc");          /* "     abc" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%-8s", "abc");         /* "abc     " */
    f_printf(&fil, "%c", 'a');             /* "a" */
    f_printf(&fil, "%f", 10.0);            /* f_printf lacks floating point support */