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36.Dd June 4, 1993
37.Dt FPUTS 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm fputs ,
41.Nm puts
42.Nd output a line to a stream
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In stdio.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn fputs "const char *str" "FILE *stream"
49.Ft int
50.Fn puts "const char *str"
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The function
53.Fn fputs
54writes the string pointed to by
55.Fa str
56to the stream pointed to by
57.Fa stream .
58.\" The terminating
59.\" .Dv NUL
60.\" character is not written.
61.Pp
62The function
63.Fn puts
64writes the string
65.Fa str ,
66and a terminating newline character,
67to the stream
68.Dv stdout .
69.Sh RETURN VALUES
70The functions
71.Fn fputs
72and
73.Fn puts
74return a nonnegative integer on success and
75.Dv EOF
76on error.
77.Sh ERRORS
78.Bl -tag -width Er
79.It Bq Er EBADF
80The
81.Fa stream
82argument
83is not a writable stream.
84.El
85.Pp
86The functions
87.Fn fputs
88and
89.Fn puts
90may also fail and set
91.Va errno
92for any of the errors specified for the routines
93.Xr write 2 .
94.Sh SEE ALSO
95.Xr ferror 3 ,
96.Xr fputws 3 ,
97.Xr putc 3 ,
98.Xr stdio 3
99.Sh STANDARDS
100The functions
101.Fn fputs
102and
103.Fn puts
104conform to
105.St -isoC .
106