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38.Dd June 9, 1993
39.Dt FUNOPEN 3
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm funopen ,
43.Nm fropen ,
44.Nm fwopen
45.Nd open a stream
46.Sh LIBRARY
47.Lb libc
48.Sh SYNOPSIS
49.In stdio.h
50.Ft FILE *
51.Fn funopen "const void *cookie" "int (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)" "int (*writefn)(void *, const char *, int)" "fpos_t (*seekfn)(void *, fpos_t, int)" "int (*closefn)(void *)"
52.Ft FILE *
53.Fn fropen "void  *cookie" "int  (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)"
54.Ft FILE *
55.Fn fwopen "void  *cookie" "int  (*writefn)(void *, const char *, int)"
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57The
58.Fn funopen
59function
60associates a stream with up to four
61.Dq Tn I/O No functions .
62Either
63.Fa readfn
64or
65.Fa writefn
66must be specified;
67the others can be given as an appropriately-typed
68.Dv NULL
69pointer.
70These
71.Tn I/O
72functions will be used to read, write, seek and
73close the new stream.
74.Pp
75In general, omitting a function means that any attempt to perform the
76associated operation on the resulting stream will fail.
77If the close function is omitted, closing the stream will flush
78any buffered output and then succeed.
79.Pp
80The calling conventions of
81.Fa readfn ,
82.Fa writefn ,
83.Fa seekfn
84and
85.Fa closefn
86must match those, respectively, of
87.Xr read 2 ,
88.Xr write 2 ,
89.Xr lseek 2 ,
90and
91.Xr close 2
92with the single exception that they are passed the
93.Fa cookie
94argument specified to
95.Fn funopen
96in place of the traditional file descriptor argument.
97.Pp
98Read and write
99.Tn I/O
100functions are allowed to change the underlying buffer
101on fully buffered or line buffered streams by calling
102.Xr setvbuf 3 .
103They are also not required to completely fill or empty the buffer.
104They are not, however, allowed to change streams from unbuffered to buffered
105or to change the state of the line buffering flag.
106They must also be prepared to have read or write calls occur on buffers other
107than the one most recently specified.
108.Pp
109All user
110.Tn I/O
111functions can report an error by returning \-1.
112Additionally, all of the functions should set the external variable
113.Va errno
114appropriately if an error occurs.
115.Pp
116An error on
117.Fn closefn
118does not keep the stream open.
119.Pp
120As a convenience, the include file
121.In stdio.h
122defines the macros
123.Fn fropen
124and
125.Fn fwopen
126as calls to
127.Fn funopen
128with only a read or write function specified.
129.Sh RETURN VALUES
130Upon successful completion,
131.Fn funopen
132returns a
133.Dv FILE
134pointer.
135Otherwise,
136.Dv NULL
137is returned and the global variable
138.Va errno
139is set to indicate the error.
140.Sh ERRORS
141.Bl -tag -width Er
142.It Bq Er EINVAL
143The
144.Fn funopen
145function
146was called without either a read or write function.
147The
148.Fn funopen
149function
150may also fail and set
151.Va errno
152for any of the errors
153specified for the routine
154.Xr malloc 3 .
155.El
156.Sh SEE ALSO
157.Xr fcntl 2 ,
158.Xr open 2 ,
159.Xr fclose 3 ,
160.Xr fopen 3 ,
161.Xr fseek 3 ,
162.Xr setbuf 3
163.Sh HISTORY
164The
165.Fn funopen
166functions first appeared in
167.Bx 4.4 .
168.Sh BUGS
169The
170.Fn funopen
171function
172may not be portable to systems other than
173.Bx .
174