FWIDE   (3) manpage
FWIDE
3
1999-11-17
GNU
Linux Programmer's Manual
  • NAME
      fwide - set and determine the orientation of a FILE stream
  • SYNOPSIS
      
       #include <wchar.h>
      
       int fwide(FILE * stream , int  mode );
      
  • DESCRIPTION
      When mode is zero, the fwide function determines the current
      orientation of stream. It returns a value > 0 if stream is
      wide-character oriented, i.e. if wide character I/O is permitted but char
      I/O is disallowed. It returns a value < 0 if stream is byte oriented,
      i.e. if char I/O is permitted but wide character I/O is disallowed. It
      returns zero if stream has no orientation yet; in this case the next
      I/O operation might change the orientation (to byte oriented if it is a char
      I/O operation, or to wide-character oriented if it is a wide character I/O
      operation).



      Once a stream has an orientation, it cannot be changed and persists until
      the stream is closed.



      When mode is non-zero, the fwide function first attempts to set
      stream's orientation (to wide-character oriented if mode > 0, or
      to byte oriented if mode < 0). It then returns a value denoting the
      current orientation, as above.
  • RETURN VALUE
      The fwide function returns the stream's orientation, after possibly
      changing it. A return value > 0 means wide-character oriented. A return value
      < 0 means byte oriented. A return value zero means undecided.
  • CONFORMING TO
      ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98
  • SEE ALSO
  • NOTES
      Wide-character output to a byte oriented stream can be performed through the
      fprintf function with the %lc and %ls directives.



      Char oriented output to a wide-character oriented stream can be performed
      through the fwprintf function with the %c and %s directives.
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