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1.1       root        1: .TH GETS 3S  "19 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: gets, fgets \- get a string from a stream
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B #include <stdio.h>
                      6: .PP
                      7: .B char *gets(s)
                      8: .br
                      9: .B char *s;
                     10: .PP
                     11: .B char *fgets(s, n, stream)
                     12: .br
                     13: .B char *s;
                     14: .br
                     15: .SM
                     16: .B FILE
                     17: .B *stream;
                     18: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     19: .I Gets
                     20: reads a string into
                     21: .I s
                     22: from the standard input stream
                     23: .BR stdin .
                     24: The string is terminated by a newline
                     25: character, which is replaced in
                     26: .I s
                     27: by a null character.
                     28: .I Gets
                     29: returns its argument.
                     30: .PP
                     31: .I Fgets
                     32: reads 
                     33: .IR n \-1
                     34: characters, or up to a newline
                     35: character, whichever comes first,
                     36: from the
                     37: .I stream
                     38: into the string
                     39: .IR s .
                     40: The last character read into
                     41: .I s
                     42: is followed by a null character.
                     43: .I Fgets
                     44: returns its first argument.
                     45: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     46: puts(3S),
                     47: getc(3S),
                     48: scanf(3S),
                     49: fread(3S),
                     50: ferror(3S)
                     51: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     52: .I Gets
                     53: and
                     54: .I fgets
                     55: return the constant pointer 
                     56: .SM
                     57: .B NULL
                     58: upon end of file or error.
                     59: .SH BUGS
                     60: .I Gets
                     61: deletes a newline,
                     62: .I fgets
                     63: keeps it,
                     64: all in the name of backward compatibility.

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