1SETVBUF(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual SETVBUF(3P)
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6 This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux
7 implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding
8 Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
9 not be implemented on Linux.
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12 setvbuf — assign buffering to a stream
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15 #include <stdio.h>
16 int setvbuf(FILE *restrict stream, char *restrict buf, int type,
18 size_t size);
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21 The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the
22 ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here
23 and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2017
24 defers to the ISO C standard.
25 The setvbuf() function may be used after the stream pointed to by
27 stream is associated with an open file but before any other operation
28 (other than an unsuccessful call to setvbuf()) is performed on the
29 stream. The argument type determines how stream shall be buffered, as
30 follows:
31 * {_IOFBF} shall cause input/output to be fully buffered.
33 * {_IOLBF} shall cause input/output to be line buffered.
35 * {_IONBF} shall cause input/output to be unbuffered.
37 If buf is not a null pointer, the array it points to may be used
39 instead of a buffer allocated by setvbuf() and the argument size speci‐
40 fies the size of the array; otherwise, size may determine the size of a
41 buffer allocated by the setvbuf() function. The contents of the array
42 at any time are unspecified.
43 For information about streams, see Section 2.5, Standard I/O Streams.
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47 Upon successful completion, setvbuf() shall return 0. Otherwise, it
48 shall return a non-zero value if an invalid value is given for type or
49 if the request cannot be honored, and may set errno to indicate the
50 error.
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53 The setvbuf() function may fail if:
54 EBADF The file descriptor underlying stream is not valid.
56 The following sections are informative.
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60 None.
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63 A common source of error is allocating buffer space as an ``automatic''
64 variable in a code block, and then failing to close the stream in the
65 same block.
66 With setvbuf(), allocating a buffer of size bytes does not necessarily
68 imply that all of size bytes are used for the buffer area.
69 Applications should note that many implementations only provide line
71 buffering on input from terminal devices.
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80 Section 2.5, Standard I/O Streams, fopen(), setbuf()
81 The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <stdio.h>
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86 from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Por‐
87 table Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifi‐
88 cations Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of
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