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FGETS(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual FGETS(3)
NAME
fgets, gets_s - get a line from a stream
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
char *
fgets(char * restrict str, int size, FILE * restrict stream);
char *
gets_s(char *str, rsize_t size);
DESCRIPTION
The fgets() function reads at most one less than the number of characters
specified by size from the given stream and stores them in the string
str. Reading stops when a newline character is found, at end-of-file or
error. The newline, if any, is retained. If any characters are read and
there is no error, a `\0' character is appended to end the string.
The gets_s() function is equivalent to fgets() with a stream of stdin,
except that the newline character (if any) is not stored in the string.
The gets() function was unsafe and is no longer available.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, fgets() and gets_s() return a pointer to the
string. If end-of-file occurs before any characters are read, they
return NULL and the buffer contents remain unchanged. If an error
occurs, they return NULL and the buffer contents are indeterminate. The
fgets() and gets_s() functions do not distinguish between end-of-file and
error, and callers must use feof(3) and ferror(3) to determine which
occurred.
ERRORS
[EBADF] The given stream is not a readable stream.
The function fgets() may also fail and set errno for any of the errors
specified for the routines fflush(3), fstat(2), read(2), or malloc(3).
The function gets_s() may also fail and set errno for any of the errors
specified for the routine getchar(3).
SEE ALSO
feof(3), ferror(3), fgetln(3), fgetws(3), getline(3)
STANDARDS
The fgets() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 ("ISO C99"). gets_s()
conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:2011 ("ISO C11") K.3.7.4.1. gets() has been
removed from ISO/IEC 9899:2011 ("ISO C11").
HISTORY
The functions fgets() and gets() first appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
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