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1 | .\" (c) 1995 by Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com> |
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| de4c786e | 23 | .TH GETW 3 2007-12-20 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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24 | .SH NAME |
| 25 | getw, putw \- input and output of words (ints) | |
| 26 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 27 | .nf | |
| 28 | .B #include <stdio.h> | |
| 29 | .sp | |
| 30 | .BI "int getw(FILE *" stream ); | |
| 5895e7eb | 31 | |
| fea681da | 32 | .BI "int putw(int " w ", FILE *" stream ); |
| c8250206 | 33 | .fi |
| fea681da | 34 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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35 | .BR getw () |
| 36 | reads a word (that is, an \fIint\fP) from \fIstream\fP. | |
| 1c44bd5b | 37 | It's provided for compatibility with SVr4. |
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38 | We recommend you use |
| 39 | .BR fread (3) | |
| 40 | instead. | |
| fea681da | 41 | .P |
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42 | .BR putw () |
| 43 | writes the word \fIw\fP (that is, | |
| 1c44bd5b | 44 | an \fIint\fP) to \fIstream\fP. |
| 35478399 | 45 | It is provided for compatibility with SVr4, but we recommend you use |
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46 | .BR fwrite (3) |
| 47 | instead. | |
| fea681da | 48 | .SH "RETURN VALUE" |
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49 | Normally, |
| 50 | .BR getw () | |
| 51 | returns the word read, and | |
| 52 | .BR putw () | |
| 53 | returns 0. | |
| fea681da | 54 | On error, they return \fBEOF\fP. |
| 2b2581ee | 55 | .SH "CONFORMING TO" |
| de4c786e | 56 | SVr4, SUSv2. Not present in POSIX.1-2001. |
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57 | .SH BUGS |
| 58 | The value returned on error is also a legitimate data value. | |
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59 | .BR ferror (3) |
| 60 | can be used to distinguish between the two cases. | |
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61 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 62 | .BR ferror (3), | |
| 63 | .BR fread (3), | |
| 64 | .BR fwrite (3), | |
| 65 | .BR getc (3), | |
| 66 | .BR putc (3) |