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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" Chris Torek and the American National Standards Committee X3,
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.\" on Information Processing Systems.
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.\" @(#)ferror.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt FERROR 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm clearerr ,
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.Nm feof ,
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.Nm ferror ,
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.Nm fileno
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.Nd check and reset stream status
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <stdio.h>
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.Ft void
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.Fn clearerr "FILE *stream"
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.Ft int
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.Fn feof "FILE *stream"
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.Ft int
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.Fn ferror "FILE *stream"
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.Ft int
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.Fn fileno "FILE *stream"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The function
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.Fn clearerr
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clears the end-of-file and error indicators for the stream pointed
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to by
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.Fa stream .
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn feof
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tests the end-of-file indicator for the stream pointed to by
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.Fa stream ,
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returning non-zero if it is set.
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The end-of-file indicator can only be cleared by the function
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.Fn clearerr .
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn ferror
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tests the error indicator for the stream pointed to by
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.Fa stream ,
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returning non-zero if it is set.
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The error indicator can only be reset by the
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.Fn clearerr
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function.
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.Pp
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The function
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.Fn fileno
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examines the argument
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.Fa stream
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and returns its integer descriptor.
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.Sh ERRORS
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These functions should not fail and do not set the external
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variable
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.Va errno .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr open 2 ,
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.Xr stdio 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The functions
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.Fn clearerr ,
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.Fn feof ,
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and
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.Fn ferror
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conform to
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.St -ansiC .
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