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This header was originally in the C standard library as <stdio.h>.
This header is part of the C-style input/output library.
Contents
Types
complete non-array object type, capable of uniquely specifying a position in a file, including its multibyte parse state
(typedef) [edit]
(typedef) [edit]
Macros
expression of type FILE* associated with the input stream
expression of type FILE* associated with the output stream
expression of type FILE* associated with the error output stream
(macro constant) [edit]
expression of type FILE* associated with the output stream
expression of type FILE* associated with the error output stream
(macro constant) [edit]
EOF
(macro constant)
FOPEN_MAX
(macro constant)
FILENAME_MAX
(macro constant)
_IOFBF_IOLBF_IONBF
argument to std::setbuf indicating line buffered I/O
argument to std::setbuf indicating unbuffered I/O
(macro constant)
SEEK_SETSEEK_CURSEEK_END
argument to std::fseek indicating seeking from the current file position
argument to std::fseek indicating seeking from end of the file
(macro constant)
Functions
File access
Direct input/output
Unformatted input/output
Narrow character
Formatted input/output
Narrow/multibyte character
(C++11)(C++11)(C++11)
using variable argument list
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(C++11)
using variable argument list
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File positioning
Error handling
Operations on files
[edit] Synopsis
namespace std { using size_t = /* see description */; using FILE = /* see description */; using fpos_t = /* see description */; } #define NULL /* see description */ #define _IOFBF /* see description */ #define _IOLBF /* see description */ #define _IONBF /* see description */ #define BUFSIZ /* see description */ #define EOF /* see description */ #define FOPEN_MAX /* see description */ #define FILENAME_MAX /* see description */ #define L_tmpnam /* see description */ #define SEEK_CUR /* see description */ #define SEEK_END /* see description */ #define SEEK_SET /* see description */ #define TMP_MAX /* see description */ #define stderr /* see description */ #define stdin /* see description */ #define stdout /* see description */ namespace std { int remove(const char* filename); int rename(const char* old_p, const char* new_p); FILE* tmpfile(); char* tmpnam(char* s); int fclose(FILE* stream); int fflush(FILE* stream); FILE* fopen(const char* filename, const char* mode); FILE* freopen(const char* filename, const char* mode, FILE* stream); void setbuf(FILE* stream, char* buf); int setvbuf(FILE* stream, char* buf, int mode, size_t size); int fprintf(FILE* stream, const char* format, ...); int fscanf(FILE* stream, const char* format, ...); int printf(const char* format, ...); int scanf(const char* format, ...); int snprintf(char* s, size_t n, const char* format, ...); int sprintf(char* s, const char* format, ...); int sscanf(const char* s, const char* format, ...); int vfprintf(FILE* stream, const char* format, va_list arg); int vfscanf(FILE* stream, const char* format, va_list arg); int vprintf(const char* format, va_list arg); int vscanf(const char* format, va_list arg); int vsnprintf(char* s, size_t n, const char* format, va_list arg); int vsprintf(char* s, const char* format, va_list arg); int vsscanf(const char* s, const char* format, va_list arg); int fgetc(FILE* stream); char* fgets(char* s, int n, FILE* stream); int fputc(int c, FILE* stream); int fputs(const char* s, FILE* stream); int getc(FILE* stream); int getchar(); int putc(int c, FILE* stream); int putchar(int c); int puts(const char* s); int ungetc(int c, FILE* stream); size_t fread(void* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE* stream); size_t fwrite(const void* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, FILE* stream); int fgetpos(FILE* stream, fpos_t* pos); int fseek(FILE* stream, long int offset, int whence); int fsetpos(FILE* stream, const fpos_t* pos); long int ftell(FILE* stream); void rewind(FILE* stream); void clearerr(FILE* stream); int feof(FILE* stream); int ferror(FILE* stream); void perror(const char* s); }