osf1 man page for puts

puts(3) 						     Library Functions Manual							   puts(3)

NAME
       puts, fputs -  Writes a string to a stream

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>

       int puts(
	       const char *string);

       int fputs(
	       const char *string,
	       FILE *stream);

PARAMETERS
       Points to a string to be written to output.  Points to the FILE structure of an open file.

DESCRIPTION
       The  puts() function writes the null-terminated string pointed to by the string parameter, followed by a newline character, to the standard
       output stream, stdout.

       The fputs() function writes the null-terminated string pointed to by the string parameter to the output	stream	specified  by  the  stream
       parameter. The fputs() function does not append a newline character.

       Neither function writes the terminating null byte.

       The  st_ctime  and st_mtime fields of the file are marked for update between the successful execution of the puts() or fputs() function and
       the next successful completion of a call to one of the following: An fflush() or fclose() function on the same stream The exit() or abort()
       function

NOTES
       Full use.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon  successful  completion,  the  puts() and fputs() functions return the number of characters written. Both subroutines return EOF on an
       error.

ERRORS
       The puts() and fputs() functions fail under either of the following conditions: The stream is unbuffered.  The stream's buffer needed to be
       flushed,  the function call caused an underlying write() or lseek() to be invoked, and this underlying operation fails with incomplete out-
       put.

       In addition, if any of the following conditions occur, the puts() or fputs() function sets errno to the corresponding  value.   The  O_NON-
       BLOCK  flag  is set for the file descriptor underlying stream and the process would be delayed in the write operation.  The file descriptor
       underlying stream is not a valid file descriptor open for writing.  An attempt was made to write to a file that exceeds the process's  file
       size  limit  or	the  maximum file size.  The read operation was interrupted by a signal that was caught, and no data was transferred.  The
       implementation supports job control; the process is a member of a background process group attempting to write to its controlling terminal;
       TOSTOP is set; the process is neither ignoring nor blocking SIGTTOU, and the process group of the process is orphaned.  This error may also
       be returned under implementation-defined conditions.  There was no free space remaining on the device containing the file.  An attempt  was
       made to write to a pipe or FIFO that is not open for reading by any process.  A SIGPIPE signal will also be sent to the process.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Functions: fgetws(3), fputws(3), gets(3), printf(3), putc(3), putwc(3).	delim off

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