gets(3)

Usage

#include <stdio.h>

[[deprecated]] char *gets(char *s);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Never use this function.

gets() reads a line from stdin into the buffer pointed to by s until either a terminating newline or EOF, which it replaces with a null byte ('\0'). No check for buffer overrun is performed (see BUGS below).

Return value

gets() returns s on success, and NULL on error or when end of file occurs while no characters have been read. However, given the lack of buffer overrun checking, there can be no guarantees that the function will even return.