fgetwln(3)

NAME

fgetwln - get a line of wide characters from a stream

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>
wchar_t *
fgetwln(FILE * restrict stream, size_t * restrict len);

DESCRIPTION

The fgetwln() function returns a pointer to the next line
from the stream
referenced by stream. This line is not a standard wide
character string
as it does not end with a terminating null wide character.
The length of
the line, including the final newline, is stored in the mem
ory location
to which len points. (Note, however, that if the line is
the last in a
file that does not end in a newline, the returned text will
not contain a
newline.)

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion a pointer is returned; this
pointer becomes
invalid after the next I/O operation on stream (whether suc
cessful or
not) or as soon as the stream is closed. Otherwise, NULL is
returned.
The fgetwln() function does not distinguish between end-of
file and
error; the routines feof(3) and ferror(3) must be used to
determine which
occurred. If an error occurs, the global variable errno is
set to indicate the error. The end-of-file condition is remembered,
even on a terminal, and all subsequent attempts to read will return NULL
until the
condition is cleared with clearerr(3).
The text to which the returned pointer points may be modi
fied, provided
that no changes are made beyond the returned size. These
changes are
lost as soon as the pointer becomes invalid.

ERRORS

[EBADF] The argument stream is not a stream open
for reading.
The fgetwln() function may also fail and set errno for any
of the errors
specified for the routines mbrtowc(3), realloc(3), or
read(2).

SEE ALSO

ferror(3), fgetln(3), fgetws(3), fopen(3)
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