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32.Dd $Mdocdate: November 4 2015 $
33.Dt FUNOPEN 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm funopen ,
37.Nm fropen ,
38.Nm fwopen
39.Nd open a stream
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In stdio.h
42.Ft FILE *
43.Fn funopen "const void *cookie" "int (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)" \
44    "int (*writefn)(void *, const char *, int)" \
45    "fpos_t (*seekfn)(void *, fpos_t, int)" \
46    "int (*closefn)(void *)"
47.Ft FILE *
48.Fn fropen "const void *cookie" "int (*readfn)(void *, char *, int)"
49.Ft FILE *
50.Fn fwopen "const void *cookie" "int (*writefn)(void *, const char *, int)"
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Fn funopen
54function associates a stream with up to four I/O functions.
55Either
56.Fa readfn
57or
58.Fa writefn
59must be specified;
60the others may be given as
61.Dv NULL
62pointers.
63These I/O functions will be used to read, write, seek, and close
64the new stream.
65.Pp
66In general, omitting a function means that any attempt to perform the
67associated operation on the resulting stream will fail.
68If the close function is omitted, closing the stream will flush
69any buffered output and then succeed.
70.Pp
71The calling conventions of
72.Fa readfn ,
73.Fa writefn ,
74.Fa seekfn ,
75and
76.Fa closefn
77must match those, respectively, of
78.Xr read 2 ,
79.Xr write 2 ,
80.Xr lseek 2 ,
81and
82.Xr close 2
83with the exceptions that they are passed the
84.Fa cookie
85argument specified to
86.Fn funopen
87in place of the traditional file descriptor argument and that
88the seek function takes an
89.Li fpos_t
90argument and not an
91.Li off_t
92argument.
93.Pp
94Read and write I/O functions are allowed to change the underlying buffer
95on fully buffered or line buffered streams by calling
96.Xr setvbuf 3 .
97They are also not required to completely fill or empty the buffer.
98They are not, however, allowed to change streams from unbuffered to buffered
99or to change the state of the line buffering flag.
100They must also be prepared to have read or write calls occur on buffers other
101than the one most recently specified.
102.Pp
103All user I/O functions can report an error by returning \-1.
104Additionally, all of the functions should set the external variable
105.Va errno
106appropriately if an error occurs.
107.Pp
108An error on
109.Fn closefn
110does not keep the stream open.
111.Pp
112As a convenience, the include file
113.In stdio.h
114defines the macros
115.Fn fropen
116and
117.Fn fwopen
118as calls to
119.Fn funopen
120with only a read or write function specified.
121.Sh RETURN VALUES
122Upon successful completion,
123.Fn funopen
124returns a
125.Dv FILE
126pointer.
127Otherwise,
128.Dv NULL
129is returned and the global variable
130.Va errno
131is set to indicate the error.
132.Sh ERRORS
133.Bl -tag -width Er
134.It Bq Er EINVAL
135The
136.Fn funopen
137function was called without either a read or write function.
138The
139.Fn funopen
140function may also fail and set
141.Va errno
142for any of the errors specified for the routine
143.Xr malloc 3 .
144.El
145.Sh SEE ALSO
146.Xr fcntl 2 ,
147.Xr open 2 ,
148.Xr fclose 3 ,
149.Xr fopen 3 ,
150.Xr fseek 3 ,
151.Xr setvbuf 3
152.Sh HISTORY
153The
154.Fn funopen
155functions first appeared in
156.Bx 4.4 .
157.Sh BUGS
158The
159.Fn funopen
160function may not be portable to systems other than
161.Bx .
162