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 SVr4.  We recommend you use
       fread(3) instead.

       putw() writes the word w (that is, an int) to stream.  It is provided for compatibility with SVr4, 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.

CONFORMING TO
       SVr4, SUSv2.  Not present in POSIX.1-2001.

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

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

COLOPHON
       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the project, and information about
       reporting bugs, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



GNU                                                        2007-12-20                                                    GETW(3)