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.TH FERROR 3  "April 1, 1989"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
ferror, feof, clearerr, fileno \- stream status inquiries
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <stdio.h>
.PP
.B feof(stream)
.br
.SM
.B FILE
.B *stream;
.PP
.B ferror(stream)
.br
.SM
.B FILE
.B *stream
.PP
.B clearerr(stream)
.br
.SM
.B FILE
.B *stream
.PP
.B fileno(stream)
.br
.SM
.B FILE
.B *stream;
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Feof
returns non-zero when end of file is read on the named input
.IR stream ,
otherwise zero.
Unless cleared by
.IR clearerr ,
the end-of-file indication lasts until
the stream is closed.
.PP
.I Ferror
returns non-zero when an error has occurred reading or writing
the named
.IR stream ,
otherwise zero.
Unless cleared by
.IR clearerr ,
the error indication lasts until
the stream is closed.
.PP
.I Clearerr
resets the error and end-of-file indicators on the named
.IR stream .
.PP
.I Fileno
returns the integer file descriptor
associated with the
.IR stream ,
see
.IR open (2).
.PP
Currently all of these functions
are implemented as macros;
they cannot be redeclared.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
open(2), fopen(3)

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