The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
Copyright © 2001-2008 The IEEE and The Open Group

NAME

fgetws - get a wide-character string from a stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>

wchar_t *fgetws(wchar_t *restrict
ws, int n,
       FILE *restrict
stream);

DESCRIPTION

[CX] [Option Start] 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 POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard. [Option End]

The fgetws() function shall read characters from the stream, convert these to the corresponding wide-character codes, place them in the wchar_t array pointed to by ws, until n-1 characters are read, or a <newline> is read, converted, and transferred to ws, or an end-of-file condition is encountered. The wide-character string, ws, shall then be terminated with a null wide-character code.

If an error occurs, the resulting value of the file position indicator for the stream is unspecified.

[CX] [Option Start] The fgetws() function may mark the last data access timestamp of the file associated with stream for update. The last data access timestamp shall be marked for update by the first successful execution of fgetwc(), fgetws(), fwscanf(), getwc(), getwchar(), vfwscanf(), vwscanf(), or wscanf() using stream that returns data not supplied by a prior call to ungetwc(). [Option End]

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, fgetws() shall return ws. If the end-of-file indicator for the stream is set, or if the stream is at end-of-file, the end-of-file indicator for the stream shall be set and fgetws() shall return a null pointer. If a read error occurs, the error indicator for the stream shall be set, fgetws() shall return a null pointer, [CX] [Option Start]  and shall set errno to indicate the error. [Option End]

ERRORS

Refer to fgetwc .


The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

fopen , fread

XBD <stdio.h> , <wchar.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 4. Derived from the MSE working draft.

Issue 5

The Optional Header (OH) marking is removed from <stdio.h>.

Issue 6

Extensions beyond the ISO C standard are marked.

The prototype for fgetws() is changed for alignment with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.

Issue 7

Austin Group Interpretation 1003.1-2001 #051 is applied, clarifying the RETURN VALUE section.

Changes are made related to support for finegrained timestamps.

End of informative text.

 

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