@(#)gets.3 6.2 (Berkeley) 04/01/89

.AT 3 gets, fgets - get a string from a stream #include <stdio.h>

char *gets(s)

char *s;

char *fgets(s, n, stream)

char *s;

FILE *stream;

Gets reads a string into s from the standard input stream stdin . The string is terminated by a newline character, which is replaced in s by a null character. Gets returns its argument.

Fgets reads n -1 characters, or up through a newline character, whichever comes first, from the stream into the string s . The last character read into s is followed by a null character. Fgets returns its first argument.

puts(3), getc(3), scanf(3), fread(3), ferror(3) Gets and fgets return the constant pointer NULL upon end of file or error. Gets deletes a newline, fgets keeps it, all in the name of backward compatibility.