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SETBUF(3) | Linux Programmer's Manual | SETBUF(3) |
NAME¶
setbuf, setbuffer, setlinebuf, setvbuf - stream buffering operationsSYNOPSIS¶
#include <stdio.h> void setbuf(FILE *stream, char *buf); void setbuffer(FILE *stream, char *buf, size_t size); void setlinebuf(FILE *stream); int setvbuf(FILE *stream, char *buf, int mode, size_t size);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
setbuffer(), setlinebuf(): _BSD_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION¶
The three types of buffering available are unbuffered, block buffered, and line buffered. When an output stream is unbuffered, information appears on the destination file or terminal as soon as written; when it is block buffered many characters are saved up and written as a block; when it is line buffered characters are saved up until a newline is output or input is read from any stream attached to a terminal device (typically stdin). The function fflush(3) may be used to force the block out early. (See fclose(3).) Normally all files are block buffered. When the first I/O operation occurs on a file, malloc(3) is called, and a buffer is obtained. If a stream refers to a terminal (as stdout normally does), it is line buffered. The standard error stream stderr is always unbuffered by default. The setvbuf() function may be used on any open stream to change its buffer. The mode argument must be one of the following three macros:- _IONBF
- unbuffered
- _IOLBF
- line buffered
- _IOFBF
- fully buffered
setvbuf(stream, buf, buf ? _IOFBF : _IONBF, BUFSIZ);
The setbuffer() function is the same, except that the size of the buffer is up to the caller, rather than being determined by the default BUFSIZ. The setlinebuf() function is exactly equivalent to the call:
setvbuf(stream, NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
RETURN VALUE¶
The function setvbuf() returns 0 on success. It returns nonzero on failure (mode is invalid or the request cannot be honored). It may set errno on failure. The other functions do not return a value.ATTRIBUTES¶
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))¶
The setbuf(), setbuffer(), setlinebuf(), and setvbuf() functions are thread-safe.CONFORMING TO¶
The setbuf() and setvbuf() functions conform to C89 and C99.BUGS¶
You must make sure that the space that buf points to still exists by the time stream is closed, which also happens at program termination. For example, the following is invalid:#include <stdio.h> int main(void) { char buf[BUFSIZ]; setbuf(stdin, buf); printf("Hello, world!\n"); return 0; }
SEE ALSO¶
fclose(3), fflush(3), fopen(3), fread(3), malloc(3), printf(3), puts(3)COLOPHON¶
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/.2014-08-19 | Linux |