redhat man page for getw

GETW(3) 						     Linux Programmer's Manual							   GETW(3)

NAME
       getw, putw - input and output of words (ints)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdio.h>

       int getw(FILE *stream);
       int putw(int w, FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION
       getw reads a word (that is, an int) from stream. It's provided for compatibility with SVID.  We recommend you use fread(3) instead.

       putw  writes  the  word	w  (that  is,  an  int) to stream.  It is provided for compatibility with SVID, but we recommend you use fwrite(3)
       instead.

RETURN VALUE
       Normally, getw returns the word read, and putw returns 0.  On error, they return EOF.

BUGS
       The value returned on error is also a legitimate data value.  ferror(3) can be used to distinguish between the two cases.

CONFORMING TO
       SVID

SEE ALSO
       fread(3), fwrite(3), ferror(3), getc(3), putc(3)

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