freebsd man page for ungetc

UNGETC(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						 UNGETC(3)

NAME
     ungetc -- un-get character from input stream

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdio.h>

     int
     ungetc(int c, FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION
     The ungetc() function pushes the character c (converted to an unsigned char) back onto the input stream pointed to by stream.  The pushed-
     back characters will be returned by subsequent reads on the stream (in reverse order).  A successful intervening call, using the same stream,
     to one of the file positioning functions (fseek(3), fsetpos(3), or rewind(3)) will discard the pushed back characters.

     One character of push-back is guaranteed, but as long as there is sufficient memory, an effectively infinite amount of pushback is allowed.

     If a character is successfully pushed-back, the end-of-file indicator for the stream is cleared.  The file-position indicator is decremented
     by each successful call to ungetc(); if its value was 0 before a call, its value is unspecified after the call.

RETURN VALUES
     The ungetc() function returns the character pushed-back after the conversion, or EOF if the operation fails.  If the value of the argument c
     character equals EOF, the operation will fail and the stream will remain unchanged.

SEE ALSO
     fseek(3), getc(3), setvbuf(3), ungetwc(3)

STANDARDS
     The ungetc() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C90'').

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								   June 4, 1993 							       BSD