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34 .\" @(#)putc.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
44 .Nm putchar_unlocked ,
46 .Nd output a character or word to a stream
52 .Fn fputc "int c" "FILE *stream"
54 .Fn putc "int c" "FILE *stream"
58 .Fn putc_unlocked "int c" "FILE *stream"
60 .Fn putchar_unlocked "int c"
62 .Fn putw "int w" "FILE *stream"
69 (converted to an ``unsigned char'')
70 to the output stream pointed to by
74 acts essentially identically to
76 but is a macro that expands in-line.
79 more than once, so arguments given to
81 should not be expressions with potential side effects.
86 with an output stream of
93 functions provide functionality identical to that of
97 respectively, but do not perform implicit locking of the streams they
99 In multi-threaded programs they may be used
101 within a scope in which the stream
102 has been successfully locked by the calling thread using either
106 and may later be released using
122 return the character written.
123 If an error occurs, the value
129 returns 0 on success;
132 a write error occurs,
133 or if an attempt is made to write a read-only stream.
158 The size and byte order of an
160 varies from one machine to another, and
162 is not recommended for portable applications.