NAME

clearerr — clear indicators on a stream

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

void clearerr(FILE *stream);


DESCRIPTION

^[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 POSIX.1-2024 defers to the ISO C standard.

The clearerr() function shall clear the end-of-file and error indicators for the stream to which stream points.

^[CX] The clearerr() function shall not change the setting of errno if stream is valid.

RETURN VALUE

The clearerr() function shall not return a value.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

XBD <stdio.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.

Issue 7

POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0057 [401] is applied.