bsd man page for gets

Query: gets

OS: bsd

Section: 3s

Format: Original Unix Latex Style Formatted with HTML and a Horizontal Scroll Bar

GETS(3S)																  GETS(3S)

NAME
gets, fgets - get a string from a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h> char *gets(s) char *s; char *fgets(s, n, stream) char *s; FILE *stream;
DESCRIPTION
Gets reads a string into s from the standard input stream stdin. The string is terminated by a newline character, which is replaced in s by a null character. Gets returns its argument. Fgets reads n-1 characters, or up through a newline character, whichever comes first, from the stream into the string s. The last charac- ter read into s is followed by a null character. Fgets returns its first argument.
SEE ALSO
puts(3S), getc(3S), scanf(3S), fread(3S), ferror(3S)
DIAGNOSTICS
Gets and fgets return the constant pointer NULL upon end of file or error.
BUGS
Gets deletes a newline, fgets keeps it, all in the name of backward compatibility. 7th Edition May 15, 1985 GETS(3S)
Related Man Pages
fgets(3) - redhat
getchar(3) - redhat
ungetc(3) - redhat
gets(3) - minix
gets(3) - osf1
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