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FGETS

Section: NEWLIB (3)
Updated: 2005 Feb 23
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NAME

3.9 `fgets'--get character string from a file or stream

 

SYNOPSIS


     #include <stdio.h>
     char *fgets(char *BUF, int N, FILE *FP);  

DESCRIPTION

Reads at most N-1 characters from FP until a newline is found. The characters including to the newline are stored in BUF. The buffer is terminated with a 0.

 

RETURNS

`fgets' returns the buffer passed to it, with the data filled in. If end of file occurs with some data already accumulated, the data is returned with no other indication. If no data are read, NULL is returned instead.

 

PORTABILITY

`fgets' should replace all uses of `gets'. Note however that `fgets' returns all of the data, while `gets' removes the trailing newline (with no indication that it has done so.)


   Supporting OS subroutines required: `close', `fstat', `isatty', `lseek', `read', `sbrk', `write'.

 

SEE ALSO

fgets is part of the libc library. The full documentation for libc is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If info and libc are properly installed at your site, the command
info libc

will give you access to the complete manual.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURNS
PORTABILITY
SEE ALSO

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