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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)gets.3s     6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH GETS 3S  "May 15, 1985"
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: gets, fgets \- get a string from a stream
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .B #include <stdio.h>
                      9: .PP
                     10: .B char *gets(s)
                     11: .br
                     12: .B char *s;
                     13: .PP
                     14: .B char *fgets(s, n, stream)
                     15: .br
                     16: .B char *s;
                     17: .br
                     18: .SM
                     19: .B FILE
                     20: .B *stream;
                     21: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     22: .I Gets
                     23: reads a string into
                     24: .I s
                     25: from the standard input stream
                     26: .BR stdin .
                     27: The string is terminated by a newline
                     28: character, which is replaced in
                     29: .I s
                     30: by a null character.
                     31: .I Gets
                     32: returns its argument.
                     33: .PP
                     34: .I Fgets
                     35: reads 
                     36: .IR n \-1
                     37: characters, or up through a newline
                     38: character, whichever comes first,
                     39: from the
                     40: .I stream
                     41: into the string
                     42: .IR s .
                     43: The last character read into
                     44: .I s
                     45: is followed by a null character.
                     46: .I Fgets
                     47: returns its first argument.
                     48: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     49: puts(3S),
                     50: getc(3S),
                     51: scanf(3S),
                     52: fread(3S),
                     53: ferror(3S)
                     54: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     55: .I Gets
                     56: and
                     57: .I fgets
                     58: return the constant pointer 
                     59: .SM
                     60: .B NULL
                     61: upon end of file or error.
                     62: .SH BUGS
                     63: .I Gets
                     64: deletes a newline,
                     65: .I fgets
                     66: keeps it,
                     67: all in the name of backward compatibility.

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