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32.Dd $Mdocdate: August 5 2022 $
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    "off_t (*seekfn)(void *, off_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.
88.Pp
89Read and write I/O functions are allowed to change the underlying buffer
90on fully buffered or line buffered streams by calling
91.Xr setvbuf 3 .
92They are also not required to completely fill or empty the buffer.
93They are not, however, allowed to change streams from unbuffered to buffered
94or to change the state of the line buffering flag.
95They must also be prepared to have read or write calls occur on buffers other
96than the one most recently specified.
97.Pp
98All user I/O functions can report an error by returning \-1.
99Additionally, all of the functions should set the external variable
100.Va errno
101appropriately if an error occurs.
102.Pp
103An error on
104.Fn closefn
105does not keep the stream open.
106.Pp
107As a convenience, the include file
108.In stdio.h
109defines the macros
110.Fn fropen
111and
112.Fn fwopen
113as calls to
114.Fn funopen
115with only a read or write function specified.
116.Sh RETURN VALUES
117Upon successful completion,
118.Fn funopen
119returns a
120.Dv FILE
121pointer.
122Otherwise,
123.Dv NULL
124is returned and the global variable
125.Va errno
126is set to indicate the error.
127.Sh ERRORS
128.Bl -tag -width Er
129.It Bq Er EINVAL
130The
131.Fn funopen
132function was called without either a read or write function.
133The
134.Fn funopen
135function may also fail and set
136.Va errno
137for any of the errors specified for the routine
138.Xr malloc 3 .
139.El
140.Sh SEE ALSO
141.Xr fcntl 2 ,
142.Xr open 2 ,
143.Xr fclose 3 ,
144.Xr fopen 3 ,
145.Xr fseek 3 ,
146.Xr setvbuf 3
147.Sh HISTORY
148The
149.Fn funopen
150functions first appeared in
151.Bx 4.3 Net/2 .
152.Sh BUGS
153The
154.Fn funopen
155function may not be portable to systems other than
156.Bx .
157