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32 .\" @(#)putc.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
33 .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdio/putc.3,v 1.16 2007/01/09 00:28:07 imp Exp $
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44 .Nm putchar_unlocked ,
46 .Nd output a character or word to a stream
52 .Fn fputc "int c" "FILE *stream"
54 .Fn putc "int c" "FILE *stream"
56 .Fn putc_unlocked "int c" "FILE *stream"
60 .Fn putchar_unlocked "int c"
62 .Fn putw "int w" "FILE *stream"
69 (converted to an ``unsigned char'')
70 to the output stream pointed to by
75 macro acts essentially identically to
77 but is a macro that expands in-line.
80 more than once, so arguments given to
82 should not be expressions with potential side effects.
89 with an output stream of
104 functions are equivalent to
109 except that the caller is responsible for locking the stream
113 These functions may be used to avoid the overhead of locking the stream
114 for each character, and to avoid output being interspersed from multiple
115 threads writing to the same stream.
124 return the character written.
125 If an error occurs, the value
131 returns 0 on success;
134 a write error occurs,
135 or if an attempt is made to write a read-only stream.
162 The size and byte order of an
164 varies from one machine to another, and
166 is not recommended for portable applications.