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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.Fd #include \*[Lt]stdio.h\*[Gt]
50.Ft FILE *
51.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 *)"
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 ;
92except that they are passed the
93.Fa cookie
94argument specified to
95.Fn funopen
96in place of the traditional file descriptor argument,
97and
98.Fa seekfn
99uses
100.Li fpos_t
101instead of
102.Li off_t .
103.Pp
104Read and write
105.Tn I/O
106functions are allowed to change the underlying buffer
107on fully buffered or line buffered streams by calling
108.Xr setvbuf 3 .
109They are also not required to completely fill or empty the buffer.
110They are not, however, allowed to change streams from unbuffered to buffered
111or to change the state of the line buffering flag.
112They must also be prepared to have read or write calls occur on buffers other
113than the one most recently specified.
114.Pp
115All user
116.Tn I/O
117functions can report an error by returning \-1.
118Additionally, all of the functions should set the external variable
119.Va errno
120appropriately if an error occurs.
121.Pp
122An error on
123.Fn closefn
124does not keep the stream open.
125.Pp
126As a convenience, the include file
127.Aq Pa stdio.h
128defines the macros
129.Fn fropen
130and
131.Fn fwopen
132as calls to
133.Fn funopen
134with only a read or write function specified.
135.Sh RETURN VALUES
136Upon successful completion,
137.Fn funopen
138returns a
139.Dv FILE
140pointer.
141Otherwise,
142.Dv NULL
143is returned and the global variable
144.Va errno
145is set to indicate the error.
146.Sh ERRORS
147.Bl -tag -width Er
148.It Bq Er EINVAL
149The
150.Fn funopen
151function
152was called without either a read or write function.
153The
154.Fn funopen
155function
156may also fail and set
157.Va errno
158for any of the errors
159specified for the routine
160.Xr malloc 3 .
161.El
162.Sh SEE ALSO
163.Xr fcntl 2 ,
164.Xr open 2 ,
165.Xr fclose 3 ,
166.Xr fopen 3 ,
167.Xr fseek 3 ,
168.Xr setbuf 3
169.Sh HISTORY
170The
171.Fn funopen
172functions first appeared in
173.Bx 4.4 .
174.Sh BUGS
175The
176.Fn funopen
177function
178may not be portable to systems other than
179.Bx .
180