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29 .TH GETS 3 2014-01-24 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
31 gets \- get a string from standard input (DEPRECATED)
36 .BI "char *gets(char *" "s" );
39 .IR "Never use this function" .
44 into the buffer pointed to by
46 until either a terminating newline or
48 which it replaces with a null byte (\(aq\e0\(aq).
49 No check for buffer overrun is performed (see BUGS below).
55 on error or when end of file occurs while no characters have been read.
56 However, given the lack of buffer overrun checking, there can be no
57 guarantees that the function will even return.
59 C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
66 ISO C11 removes the specification of
68 from the C language, and since version 2.16,
69 glibc header files don't expose the function declaration if the
71 feature test macro is defined.
75 Because it is impossible to tell without knowing the data in advance how many
78 will read, and because
80 will continue to store characters past the end of the buffer,
81 it is extremely dangerous to use.
82 It has been used to break computer security.
87 For more information, see CWE-242 (aka "Use of Inherently Dangerous
89 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/242.html
106 .BR unlocked_stdio (3),
107 .BR feature_test_macros (7)