$bufsize = length $buffer;
              for($chunk_counter = 0; $chunk_counter <  $bufsize; $chunk_counter = $chunk_counter + 8){
                $eight_byte_chunk = substr($buffer, $chunk_counter ,8);
                $out_buffer = $out_buffer . $eight_byte_chunk;
              } 
              syswrite (OUTFILE,$out_buffer, $buffersize);