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35 .Nd curses file input/output routines
43 .Fn putwin "WINDOW *win" "FILE *fp"
45 These functions read and write data to and from files.
49 function reads window data that has been stored in the file to which
51 points, and then creates a new window using that data.
55 function writes window data from the window
57 to the file pointed to by
62 function returns one of the following values:
64 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
66 The function completed successfully.
68 An error occurred in the function.
75 if an error is detected.
81 Subwindows can not be created by the
83 function, nor written by the
89 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
90 Single Unix Specification.
92 These functions first appeared in