fputs - put a string on a stream
#include <stdio.h>
int fputs(const char *restrict s, FILE *restrict stream);
[CX] 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 IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 defers to the ISO C standard.The fputs() function shall write the null-terminated string pointed to by s to the stream pointed to by stream. The terminating null byte shall not be written.
[CX] The st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the file shall be marked for update between the successful execution of fputs() and the next successful completion of a call to fflush() or fclose() on the same stream or a call to exit() or abort().
Upon successful completion, fputs() shall return a non-negative number. Otherwise, it shall return EOF, set an error indicator for the stream, [CX] and set errno to indicate the error.
Refer to fputc().
Printing to Standard Output
The following example gets the current time, converts it to a string using localtime() and asctime(), and prints it to standard output using fputs(). It then prints the number of minutes to an event for which it is waiting.
#include <time.h> #include <stdio.h> ... time_t now; int minutes_to_event; ... time(&now); printf("The time is "); fputs(asctime(localtime(&now)), stdout); printf("There are still %d minutes to the event.\n", minutes_to_event); ...
The puts() function appends a <newline> while fputs() does not.
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fopen(), putc(), puts(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <stdio.h>
First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.
Extensions beyond the ISO C standard are marked.
The fputs() prototype is updated for alignment with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.