xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/stdio/funopen.3 (revision 93ab02a6)
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8.\"     @(#)funopen.3	5.3 (Berkeley) 04/19/91
9.\"
10.Dd
11.Dt FUNOPEN 3
12.Os
13.Sh NAME
14.Nm funopen ,
15.Nm fropen ,
16.Nm fwopen
17.Nd open a stream
18.Sh SYNOPSIS
19.Fd #include <stdio.h>
20.Ft FILE *
21.Fn funopen "void  *cookie" "int  (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)" "int (writefn*)(void *, const char *, int)" "fpos_t (seekfn*)(void *, fpos_t, int)" "int (closefn*)(void *)"
22.Ft FILE *
23.Fn fropen "void  *cookie" "int  (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)"
24.Ft FILE *
25.Fn fwopen "void  *cookie" "int  (*writefn)(void *, char *, int)"
26.Sh DESCRIPTION
27The
28.Fn funopen
29function
30associates a stream with up to four
31.Dq Tn I/O No functions .
32Either
33.Fa readfn
34or
35.Fa writefn
36must be specified;
37the others can be given as an appropriately-typed
38.Dv NULL
39pointer.
40These
41.Tn I/O
42functions will be used to read, write, seek and
43close the new stream.
44.Pp
45In general, omitting a function means that any attempt to perform the
46associated operation on the resulting stream will fail.
47If the close function is omitted, closing the stream will flush
48any buffered output and then succeed.
49.Pp
50The calling conventions of
51.Fa readfn ,
52.Fa writefn ,
53.Fa seekfn
54and
55.Fa closefn
56must match those, respectively, of
57.Xr read 2 ,
58.Xr write 2 ,
59.Xr seek 2 ,
60and
61.Xr close 2
62with the single exception that they are passed the
63.Fa cookie
64argument specified to
65.Fn funopen
66in place of the traditional file descriptor argument.
67.Pp
68Read and write
69.Tn I/O
70functions are allowed to change the underlying buffer
71on fully buffered or line buffered streams by calling
72.Xr setvbuf 3 .
73They are also not required to completely fill or empty the buffer.
74They are not, however, allowed to change streams from unbuffered to buffered
75or to change the state of the line buffering flag.
76They must also be prepared to have read or write calls occur on buffers other
77than the one most recently specified.
78.Pp
79All user
80.Tn I/O
81functions can report an error by returning \-1.
82Additionally, all of the functions should set the external variable
83.Va errno
84appropriately if an error occurs.
85.Pp
86An error on
87.Fn closefn
88does not keep the stream open.
89.Pp
90As a convenience, the include file
91.Aq Pa stdio.h
92defines the macros
93.Fn fropen
94and
95.Fn fwopen
96as calls to
97.Fn funopen
98with only a read or write function specified.
99.Sh RETURN VALUES
100Upon successful completion,
101.Fn funopen
102returns a
103.Dv FILE
104pointer.
105Otherwise,
106.Dv NULL
107is returned and the global variable
108.Va errno
109is set to indicate the error.
110.Sh ERRORS
111.Bl -tag -width [EINVAL]
112.It Bq Er EINVAL
113The
114.Fn funopen
115function
116was called without either a read or write function.
117The
118.Fn funopen
119function
120may also fail and set
121.Va errno
122for any of the errors
123specified for the routine
124.Xr malloc 3 .
125.El
126.Sh SEE ALSO
127.Xr fcntl 2 ,
128.Xr open 2 ,
129.Xr fclose 3 ,
130.Xr fopen 3 ,
131.Xr fseek 3 ,
132.Xr setbuf 3
133.Sh HISTORY
134These
135functions are
136.Ud .
137.Sh BUGS
138The
139.Fn funopen
140function
141may not be portable to systems other than
142.Bx .
143