fgets.3p (4889B)
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- .TH FGETS "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
- .\"
- .SH PROLOG
- This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
- The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
- the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
- or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
- .\"
- .SH NAME
- fgets
- \(em get a string from a stream
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .LP
- .nf
- #include <stdio.h>
- .P
- char *fgets(char *restrict \fIs\fP, int \fIn\fP, FILE *restrict \fIstream\fP);
- .fi
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the
- ISO\ C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the
- ISO\ C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 defers to the ISO\ C standard.
- .P
- The
- \fIfgets\fR()
- function shall read bytes from
- .IR stream
- into the array pointed to by
- .IR s
- until
- .IR n \-1
- bytes are read, or a
- <newline>
- is read and transferred to
- .IR s ,
- or an end-of-file condition is encountered. A null byte shall be
- written immediately after the last byte read into the array.
- If the end-of-file condition is encountered before any bytes
- are read, the contents of the array pointed to by
- .IR s
- shall not be changed.
- .P
- The
- \fIfgets\fR()
- function may mark the last data access timestamp of the file associated
- with
- .IR stream
- for update. The last data access timestamp shall be marked for update
- by the first successful execution of
- \fIfgetc\fR(),
- \fIfgets\fR(),
- \fIfread\fR(),
- \fIfscanf\fR(),
- \fIgetc\fR(),
- \fIgetchar\fR(),
- \fIgetdelim\fR(),
- \fIgetline\fR(),
- \fIgets\fR(),
- or
- \fIscanf\fR()
- using
- .IR stream
- that returns data not supplied by a prior call to
- \fIungetc\fR().
- .SH "RETURN VALUE"
- Upon successful completion,
- \fIfgets\fR()
- shall return
- .IR s .
- If the stream is at end-of-file, the end-of-file indicator for
- the stream shall be set and
- \fIfgets\fR()
- shall return a null pointer.
- If a read error occurs, the error indicator for the stream shall be set,
- \fIfgets\fR()
- shall return a null pointer,
- and shall set
- .IR errno
- to indicate the error.
- .SH ERRORS
- Refer to
- .IR "\fIfgetc\fR\^(\|)".
- .LP
- .IR "The following sections are informative."
- .SH EXAMPLES
- .SS "Reading Input"
- .P
- The following example uses
- \fIfgets\fR()
- to read lines of input. It assumes that the file it is reading is a text
- file and that lines in this text file are no longer than 16384 (or
- {LINE_MAX}
- if it is less than 16384 on the implementation where it is running)
- bytes long. (Note that the standard utilities have no line length limit if
- .IR sysconf (_SC_LINE_MAX)
- returns \-1 without setting
- .IR errno .
- This example assumes that
- .IR sysconf (_SC_LINE_MAX)
- will not fail.)
- .sp
- .RS 4
- .nf
- #include <limits.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- #define MYLIMIT 16384
- .P
- char *line;
- int line_max;
- if (LINE_MAX >= MYLIMIT) {
- // Use maximum line size of MYLIMIT. If LINE_MAX is
- // bigger than our limit, sysconf() cannot report a
- // smaller limit.
- line_max = MYLIMIT;
- } else {
- long limit = sysconf(_SC_LINE_MAX);
- line_max = (limit < 0 || limit > MYLIMIT) ? MYLIMIT : (int)limit;
- }
- .P
- // line_max + 1 leaves room for the null byte added by fgets().
- line = malloc(line_max + 1);
- if (line == NULL) {
- // out of space
- ...
- return error;
- }
- .P
- while (fgets(line, line_max + 1, fp) != NULL) {
- // Verify that a full line has been read ...
- // If not, report an error or prepare to treat the
- // next time through the loop as a read of a
- // continuation of the current line.
- ...
- // Process line ...
- ...
- }
- free(line);
- \&...
- .fi
- .P
- .RE
- .SH "APPLICATION USAGE"
- None.
- .SH RATIONALE
- None.
- .SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS"
- None.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .IR "Section 2.5" ", " "Standard I/O Streams",
- .IR "\fIfgetc\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIfopen\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIfread\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIfscanf\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIgetc\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIgetchar\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIgetdelim\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIgets\fR\^(\|)",
- .IR "\fIungetc\fR\^(\|)"
- .P
- The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017,
- .IR "\fB<stdio.h>\fP"
- .\"
- .SH COPYRIGHT
- Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
- from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology
- -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
- Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
- Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
- In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
- The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
- is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
- http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
- .PP
- Any typographical or formatting errors that appear
- in this page are most likely
- to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to
- man page format. To report such errors, see
- https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .