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34 .\" @(#)getc.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
44 .Nm getchar_unlocked ,
46 .Nd get next character or word from input stream
52 .Fn fgetc "FILE *stream"
54 .Fn getc "FILE *stream"
58 .Fn getc_unlocked "FILE *stream"
62 .Fn getw "FILE *stream"
67 obtains the next input character (if present) from the stream pointed at by
69 or the next character pushed back on the stream via
75 acts essentially identically to
77 but is a macro that expands in-line.
83 getc with the argument stdin.
89 functions provide functionality identical to that of
93 respectively, but do not perform implicit locking of the streams they
95 In multi-threaded programs they may be used
97 within a scope in which the stream
98 has been successfully locked by the calling thread using either
102 and may later be released using
111 from the stream pointed at by
114 If successful, these routines return the next requested object
117 If the stream is at end-of-file or a read error occurs,
124 must be used to distinguish between end-of-file and error.
125 If an error occurs, the global variable
127 is set to indicate the error.
128 The end-of-file condition is remembered, even on a terminal, and all
129 subsequent attempts to read will return
131 until the condition is cleared with
160 is a valid integer value,
164 must be used to check for failure after calling
166 The size and byte order of an
168 varies from one machine to another, and
170 is not recommended for portable applications.