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28.Dd March 31, 2008
29.Dt CURSES_FILEIO 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm curses_fileio ,
33.Nm getwin ,
34.Nm putwin
35.Nd curses file input/output routines
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libcurses
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In curses.h
40.Ft WINDOW *
41.Fn getwin "FILE *fp"
42.Ft int
43.Fn putwin "WINDOW *win" "FILE *fp"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45These functions read and write data to and from files.
46.Pp
47The
48.Fn getwin
49function reads window data that has been stored in the file to which
50.Fa fp
51points, and then creates a new window using that data.
52.Pp
53The
54.Fn putwin
55function writes window data from the window
56.Fa win
57to the file pointed to by
58.Fa fp .
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60The
61.Fn getwin
62function returns one of the following values:
63.Pp
64.Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
65.It Er OK
66The function completed successfully.
67.It Er ERR
68An error occurred in the function.
69.El
70.Pp
71The
72.Fn putwin
73function returns
74.Dv NULL
75if an error is detected.
76.Sh SEE ALSO
77.Xr curses_window 3 ,
78.Xr fread 3 ,
79.Xr fwrite 3
80.Sh NOTES
81Subwindows can not be created by the
82.Fn getwin
83function, nor written by the
84.Fn putwin
85function.
86.Sh STANDARDS
87The
88.Nx
89Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
90Single Unix Specification.
91.Sh HISTORY
92These functions first appeared in
93.Nx 5.0 .
94