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        !            18: .\"    @(#)fgets.3     6.4 (Berkeley) 6/23/90
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        !            20: .TH FGETS 3 "June 23, 1990"
        !            21: .AT 3
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: fgets - get a line from a stream
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .nf
        !            26: .B #include <stdio.h>
        !            27: 
        !            28: .B char *fgets(s, n, stream)
        !            29: .B char *s;
        !            30: .B int n;
        !            31: .B FILE *stream;
        !            32: .fi
        !            33: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            34: The
        !            35: .I fgets
        !            36: function reads at most one less than the number of characters specified
        !            37: by
        !            38: .I n
        !            39: from the stream pointed to by
        !            40: .I stream
        !            41: into the array pointed to by
        !            42: .IR s .
        !            43: No additional characters are read after a new-line character
        !            44: (which is retained) or after end-of-file.
        !            45: A null character is written immediately after the last character
        !            46: read into the array.
        !            47: .PP
        !            48: The
        !            49: .I fgets
        !            50: function returns
        !            51: .I s
        !            52: if successful.
        !            53: If end-of-file is encountered and no characters have been read
        !            54: into the array, the contents of the array remain unchanged and
        !            55: a null pointer is returned.
        !            56: If a read error occurs during the operation, the array contents
        !            57: are indeterminate and a null pointer is returned.
        !            58: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            59: getc(3), ferror(3) fread(3), scanf(3)
        !            60: .SH STANDARDS
        !            61: The
        !            62: .I fgets
        !            63: function is ANSI C compatible.

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