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GETC_UNLOCKED

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

3.22 `getc_unlocked'--non-thread-safe version of getc (macro)

DESCRIPTION

`getc_unlocked' is a non-thread-safe version of `getc' declared in `stdio.h'. `getc_unlocked' may only safely be used within a scope protected by flockfile() (or ftrylockfile()) and funlockfile(). These functions may safely be used in a multi-threaded program if and only if they are called while the invoking thread owns the ( FILE *) object, as is the case after a successful call to the flockfile() or ftrylockfile() functions. If threads are disabled, then `getc_unlocked' is equivalent to `getc'.

RETURNS

See `getc'.

PORTABILITY

POSIX 1003.1 requires `getc_unlocked'. `getc_unlocked' may be implemented as a macro, so arguments should not have side-effects.

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