NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     fputs, puts - output a line to a stream

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <stdio.h>

     int
     fputs(const char * restrict str, FILE * restrict stream);

     int
     puts(const char *str);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The function fputs() writes the string pointed to by str to the stream
     pointed to by stream.

     The function puts() writes the string str, and a terminating newline
     character, to the stream stdout.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The fputs() function returns 0 on success and EOF on error; puts()
     returns a nonnegative integer on success and EOF on error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     [EBADF]            The stream supplied is not a writable stream.

     The functions fputs() and puts() may also fail and set errno for any of
     the errors specified for the routines write(2).

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     ferror(3), putc(3), stdio(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The functions fputs() and puts() conform to ANSI X3.159-1989
     (``ANSI C'').

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD