FPUTC(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual FPUTC(3P)
PROLOG
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NAME
fputc -- put a byte on a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
int fputc(int c, FILE *stream);
DESCRIPTION
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.
The fputc() function shall write the byte specified by c (converted to an unsigned char) to the output stream pointed to by stream, at the
position indicated by the associated file-position indicator for the stream (if defined), and shall advance the indicator appropriately.
If the file cannot support positioning requests, or if the stream was opened with append mode, the byte shall be appended to the output
stream.
The last data modification and last file status change timestamps of the file shall be marked for update between the successful execution
of fputc() and the next successful completion of a call to fflush() or fclose() on the same stream or a call to exit() or abort().
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, fputc() shall return the value it has written. Otherwise, it shall return EOF, the error indicator for the
stream shall be set, and errno shall be set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The fputc() function shall fail if either the stream is unbuffered or the stream's buffer needs to be flushed, and:
EAGAIN The O_NONBLOCK flag is set for the file descriptor underlying stream and the thread would be delayed in the write operation.
EBADF The file descriptor underlying stream is not a valid file descriptor open for writing.
EFBIG An attempt was made to write to a file that exceeds the maximum file size.
EFBIG An attempt was made to write to a file that exceeds the file size limit of the process.
EFBIG The file is a regular file and an attempt was made to write at or beyond the offset maximum.
EINTR The write operation was terminated due to the receipt of a signal, and no data was transferred.
EIO A physical I/O error has occurred, or the process is a member of a background process group attempting to write to its controlling
terminal, TOSTOP is set, the calling thread is not blocking SIGTTOU, the process is not ignoring SIGTTOU, and the process group of
the process is orphaned. This error may also be returned under implementation-defined conditions.
ENOSPC There was no free space remaining on the device containing the file.
EPIPE An attempt is made to write to a pipe or FIFO that is not open for reading by any process. A SIGPIPE signal shall also be sent to
the thread.
The fputc() function may fail if:
ENOMEM Insufficient storage space is available.
ENXIO A request was made of a nonexistent device, or the request was outside the capabilities of the device.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
Section 2.5, Standard I/O Streams, ferror(), fopen(), getrlimit(), putc(), puts(), setbuf(), ulimit()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <stdio.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan-
dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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