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authorbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1996-03-27 17:43:38 +0000
committerbde <bde@FreeBSD.org>1996-03-27 17:43:38 +0000
commitf1d0d6d615be41a8e1f0ddf2e5e88f92c0c1c9c9 (patch)
treed327096c88c1c303fc294efda4c1d4e30bd599da /lib
parentd3ae37ce3bac3518ad52ee02d045bb35a660a9de (diff)
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Say what happens to the buffer when fgets() returns NULL.
Fixed bogus cross references and a misordered line.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdio/fgets.317
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdio/fgets.3 b/lib/libc/stdio/fgets.3
index 827de6b..e169382 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdio/fgets.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdio/fgets.3
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The
.Fn fgets
function
reads at most one less than the number of characters specified by
-.Xr size
+.Fa size
from the given
.Fa stream
and stores them in the string
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ and stores them in the string
Reading stops when a newline character is found,
at end-of-file or error.
The newline, if any, is retained.
-In any case a
+If any characters are read and there is no error, a
.Ql \e0
character is appended to end the string.
.Pp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function
is equivalent to
.Fn fgets
with an infinite
-.Xr size
+.Fa size
and a
.Fa stream
of
@@ -87,14 +87,19 @@ and
.Fn gets
return
a pointer to the string.
-If end-of-file or an error occurs before any characters are read,
+If end-of-file occurs before any characters are read,
they return
-.Dv NULL.
+.Dv NULL
+and the buffer contents is unchanged.
+If an error occurs,
+they return
+.Dv NULL
+and the buffer contents is indeterminate.
The
.Fn fgets
and
-functions
.Fn gets
+functions
do not distinguish between end-of-file and error, and callers must use
.Xr feof 3
and
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