bsd man page for fgets

Query: fgets

OS: bsd

Section: 3s

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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
gets(3c) - opensolaris
fgets(3) - redhat
getchar(3) - redhat
fgets(3) - osf1
gets(3) - osf1
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