[#BloombergLP-bdlsb-OverflowMemOutput-initialBuffer] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlsb.adoc[bdlsb]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlsb/OverflowMemOutput.adoc[OverflowMemOutput]::initialBuffer :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a pointer providing non‐modifiable access to the character buffer held by this stream buffer (specified at construction). == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlsb_overflowmemoutput.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- char const* initialBuffer() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#