Section 3 · Library functions

FILE.3type

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FILE

NAME
LIBRARY
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
STANDARDS
HISTORY
NOTES
SEE ALSO


NAME

FILE − input/output stream

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

typedef /* … */ FILE;

DESCRIPTION

An object type used for streams.

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

C89, POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES

The following header also provides this type: <wchar.h>.

SEE ALSO

fclose(3), flockfile(3), fopen(3), fprintf(3), fread(3), fscanf(3), stdin(3), stdio(3)