getw (3)

#include <stdio.h>

int getw(FILE *stream);

int putw(int w, FILE *stream);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

getw(), putw():

Since glibc 2.3.3:

_SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE ||

(_XOPEN_SOURCE &&

    !(_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600))

Before glibc 2.3.3:

_SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE

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.

Normally, getw() returns the word read, and putw() returns 0. On error, they return EOF.

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

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

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

This page is part of release 3.74 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.