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EOF.3const: Add documentation for EOF
authorAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:15:28 +0000 (21:15 +0200)
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:44:47 +0000 (19:44 +0200)
Reported-by: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
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+.\" Copyright (c) 2022 by Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.\"
+.TH EOF 3const (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+EOF \- end of file or error indicator
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B #include <stdio.h>
+.PP
+.B "#define EOF  /* ... */"
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B EOF
+represents the end of an input file, or an error indication.
+It is a negative value, of type
+.IR int .
+.PP
+.B EOF
+is not a character
+(it can't be represented by
+.IR "unsigned char" ).
+It is instead a sentinel value outside of the valid range for valid characters.
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+C99 and later;
+POSIX.1-2001 and later.
+.SH CAVEATS
+Programs can't pass this value to an output function
+to "write" the end of a file.
+That would likely result in undefined behavior.
+Instead,
+closing the writing stream or file descriptor
+that refers to such file
+is the way to signal the end of that file.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR feof (3),
+.BR fgetc (3)