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PUTS 3C "Jun 18, 2003"
NAME
puts, fputs - put a string on a stream
SYNOPSIS

#include <stdio.h>

int puts(const char *s);

int fputs(const char *s, FILE *stream);
DESCRIPTION

The puts() function writes the string pointed to by s, followed by a NEWLINE character, to the standard output stream stdout (see Intro(3)). The terminating null byte is not written.

The fputs() function writes the null-terminated string pointed to by s to the named output stream. The terminating null byte is not written.

The st_ctime and st_mtime fields of the file will be marked for update between the successful execution of fputs() and the next successful completion of a call to fflush(3C) or fclose(3C) on the same stream or a call to exit(2) or abort(3C).

RETURN VALUES

On successful completion, both functions return the number of bytes written; otherwise they return EOF and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

Refer to fputc(3C).

USAGE

Unlike puts(), the fputs() function does not write a NEWLINE character at the end of the string.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard
MT-Level MT-Safe
SEE ALSO

exit (2), write (2), Intro (3), abort (3C), fclose (3C), ferror (3C), fflush (3C), fopen (3C), fputc (3C), printf (3C), stdio (3C), attributes (7), standards (7)